Commissioned By

Commander Lawrence H. Martin, USN

23 July 1944 to 2 November 1944

CMDR. Martin was relieved at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by:

Lt. Commander Edwin S. Miller, USN

2 November 1944 to 5 April 1947

CMDR. Miller was relieved at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by:

Commander Bernard F. Foeder, USN

4 April 1947 to 30 June 1947

CMDR. Foeder was relieved at San Diego, California by:

Lt Commander Hollis C. Rowls, USN

27 June 1947 to 30 June 1947

USS Lowry was placed out of Commission in Reserve

on 20 June 1947 in San Diego, California

Recommissioned By:

Lt. Commander Arthur C Jackson, USN

(Her Executive Officer; Acting Commanding Officer)

27 December 1950 to 29 December 1950

Lt. CMDR. Jackson was relieved at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by:

Commander Charles B. Carroll, USN

2 January 1952 to 27 January 1954

CMDR. Carroll was relieved at Norfolk, Virginia by:

Commander James F.B. Johnston, USN

27 January 1954 to December 1955

CMDR. Johnston was relieved at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by:

Commander D.C. Brega, USN

17 December 1955 to 29 August 1957

CMDR. Brega was relieved at Norfolk, Virginia by:

Commander V.M. Dickerson, USN

29 August 1957 to 11 July 1959

CMDR. Dickerson was relieved by:

Commander Melvin W. Cassidy, USN

11 July 1959 to 26 April 1961

CMDR. Cassidy was relieved at Norfolk, Virginia by:

Commander Alpert P. Carpenter, USN

26 April 1961 to February 1963

CMDR. Carpenter was relieved at Norfolk, Virginia by:

Commander Harold M. Lamb, USN

February 1963 to July 1964

CMDR. Lamb was relieved at Norfolk, Virginia by:

On 1 July 1964, Comdesron 22 -- Captain R.M. Brownite, USN brought his flag aboard the Lowry

Commander R.L. McElroy, Jr., USN

July 1964 to 20 December 1965

CMDR. McElroy was relieved at Norfolk, Virginia by:

Commander Oliver F. Midgette, USN

20 December 1965 to 6 October 1966

CMDR. Midgette was relieved at Norfolk, Virginia by:

Commander William Hunter Grigg, USN

6 October 1966 to 14 May 1968

CMDR. Grigg was relieved at Sea en-route to Guam by:

Commander Robert Lightbourn Blanding, USN

14 May 1968 to 12 February 1970

CMDR Flanding was relieved at Norfolk, Virginia by:

Commander Frederic C. Caswell, JR., USN

12 February 1970 to 1 October 1971

CMDR. Caswell was relieved by:

Commander John J. Cashmere, USNR

1 October 1971 to 12 October 1972

CMDR. Cashmere was relieved by:

Commander Stanislaus G. Dyro, USN

12 October 1972 to 13 July 1973

CMDR. Stanislaus was relieved by:

Lieutenant Commander Albert T. Mason, USN

13 July 1973 to 29 October 1973

Lieutenant Commander Mason decommissioned the USS Lowry DD-770 on 29 October 1973

The USS Lowry was assigned to the reserve fleet and stationed at the Philadelphia Naval base in 1970.  The USS Lowry became the flagship of the destroyer squadron at Philadelphia Naval base.  USS Lowry DD-770 was decommissioned and stricken on 29 October 1973.  The Lowry was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 29 October 1973 and was renamed "Espirito Santo D-38".  She was placed in inactive service by the Brazilian Navy on 6 February 1996.  The Lowry had accomplished 245 trips, 1,249 days at sea and steamed 305,010 miles.  The Lowry was sunk as a target during the summer of 1999.