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LCDR George F, Ellis
Jan 1955 - Jan 1957

George F. Ellis graduated from Boyden High School in Salisbury, NC in 1940 and attended Georgia Military Academy in College Park, GA prior to entering the United States Naval Academy in July 1941. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1944 he was ordered to duty in the submarine service and reported to submarine school in New London, CT.

After completing submarine school in December 1944 he reported aboard the USS Mapiro (SS-376) which was then under construction in Manitowoc, WI. He was serving aboard the Mapiro on her first war patrol in the Pacific when the war ended. After leaving the Mapiro he served aboard the submarines Sterlet, Sea Fox, Icefish and Hardhead and as instructor in submarine school.

LCDR Ellis assumed command of the USS Bang (SS-385) on November 12, 1954.