| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer tender |
| Class | Altair |
| Pennant | AD 11 |
| Built by | Skinner and Eddy Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Dec 1918 |
| Launched | 10 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 6 Dec 1921 |
| End service | 21 Jun 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned on 21 June 1946 |
Commands listed for USS Altair (AD 11)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Ernest William Broadbent, USN | 5 Jun 1939 | 30 Apr 1941 |
| 2 | Capt. Gordon Hutchins, USN | 30 Apr 1941 | 10 Jun 1941 |
| 3 | Cdr. Henry Hartley, USN | 10 Jun 1941 | Feb 1942 |
| 4 | T/Capt. Theodore Thomas Patterson, USN | Feb 1942 | 15 Jun 1942 |
| 5 | Cdr. Charles Joseph Rend, USN | 15 Jun 1942 | 11 Jan 1943 |
| 6 | Como Myron Wells Hutchinson, Jr., USN | 11 Jan 1943 | 15 Aug 1943 |
| 7 | T/Capt. Elwood Dixon Poole, Sr., USN | 15 Aug 1943 | 8 Aug 1944 |
| 8 | T/Cdr. Walter Emerson Holden, USN | 8 Aug 1944 | 21 Jun 1946 |
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