Commander James B. Weiler USN (D)
20 Dec 1943 - March 1944
McGowan's Original Skipper - WW II
Div Commander - 6th Fleet 1950 - 1951
Rear Admiral William R. Cox USN (D)
29 March 1944 - 22 June 1945
Awarded Navy Cross, Bronze Star Medal
and Gold Star While Commanding Officer of McGowan
Commanding Officer USS Bronson DD868 1945 - 1946
Commanding Officer Mine Division # 1949 - 1950
Commanding Officer USS Montague AKA98 1954 - 1955
Retired USN Nov 1959
Lt/Commander Terrell H. W. Conner USN (D)
22 June 1945 - 30 April 1946
Decommissioned McGowan
Commanding Officer USS Mitscher DD927 1954
Commanded Destroyer Division ( USS Eaton) 1957
Commanded USS Pocono - 1959
Commander James A. Eastwood USN (D)
(Jungle Jim )
July 1951 - Jan 1952
Recommissioned McGowan For Korean Campaign
Commander Elwood C. McCoy USN
Jan 1952 - Jan 1954
Skipper during Korean Combat and World Cruise 1953
Commander Philip G. Dye USN
16 Jan 1954 - 14 March 1956
1st Lt. and XO USS Remey DD688
Awarded Bronze Star - Surigao Strait
McGowan Flagship Des Div 202
Operated with 6th Fleet in Med.
Commander Robert A Carter USN (D)
14 March 1956 - April 1957
Wounded Aboard USS Quincy, Sunk during
Battle of of Salvo Island 9 August 1942
XO of USS Bennett DD473
Commodore Des Ron, USS New Perry DD883
Lost at Sea.
Commander Adam A Herron (D)
April 1957 - May 1959
USS Wichita - WW II
Navy Commendation Ribbon - Korea
Med and Red Sea Cruises 1957 - 1958
Commanding Officer USS Farragut CLG6
Commander Elbert Barton USN
May 1958 - April 1960
Commanding Officer C. T. O'Brien DE421
Commanding Officer LST853
Staff - Cruiser Div 3 Korea
Harvey O. Webster (D)
April 1960 - December 1960
C.O. Newport R.I. DE - 1954
Attempted rescue During Navy Blimp Downing
C.O. of the McGowan to Transfer Ship to Spain.
McGowan was transferred to Spain on December 1, 1960 and Renamed Jorge Juan D25, Home Port Barcelona
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Spanish Navy Commanding Officer list
Dec 1. 1960 - Cdr. Fernando Moreno Reyna
Dec 4. 1962 - Cdr Manual Manso Quijano
Feb 27, 1964 - Cdr Antonio Cordero Belmonte
Feb 20, 1965 - Cdr Ricardo Cruz Requejo
Feb 26, 1966 - Cdr Cristobal Gonzalez-Aller Balseyro
Mar 7, 1967 - Cdr Francisco Jaraiz Franco
Jan 18, 1968 - Cdr Ricardo Minguez S. -Inclan
Sep 15, 1969 - Cdr Raul Hermida S. De Leon
Mar 18, 1971 -Cdr Ricardo R. De Gopegui Y Sendagorta
Sep 18, 1972 - Cdr Julio Serra Fortun
Apr 30, 1973 - Cdr Manuel Colorado Guitian
Jul 8, 1974 - Cdr Antonio Gadea Asensi
Feb 26, 1976 - Cdr Julio Albert Ferrero
Aug 26, 1977 - Cdr Emilio Arevalo Pellez
Mar 22, 1979 - Cdr Luis Del Campo Herrero
Mar 24,1980 _ Cdr Juan Carlos Bellas Montenegro
Sep 24, 1981 - Cdr Victoriano Fdez De Palencia Y Roc
Jan 7, 1983 - Cdr Pedro Laencia Macabich
Jun 29 1984 - Cdr Alejandro Yanez Rodriguez
Dec 15, 1985 - Cdr Antonio Estevan Alberto
Jun 22, 1987 - Cdr Rafael Vallejo Ruiz
Cdr Pedro Laencia, Spanish Navy
C. O. Jorge Juan D25 ( ex USS McGowan DD678)
1983 -- 1984
The Ship was Decommissioned on November 15, 1988 and Broken Up.
