Officers of Strong at her commissioning, 7 August 1942.

Front row, from left:
 James Albert Curran, Lt(jg), USN, Gunnery Officer
 Hugh Barr Miller, Jr., Lt(jg), USNR, Stores Officer and 20 mm. Officer
 Frederick Warren Purdy, Lt., USN, Executive Officer and Navigator
 Joseph Harold Wellings, LCDR, USN, Commanding Officer
 Marvin R. Rosenberg, Lt. USN, Engineer Officer
 Henry P. Laughlin, Lt(jg), MC, USN, Medical Officer
 Robert J. Foley, Lt(jg), USNR, First Lieutenant and Damage Control Officer

Back row:
 Virgil Maxey Wheeler, Ensign, USNR, Asst. Gunnery Officer
 Albert Edward Oberg, Ensign, USN, Signal Officer and Asst. Navigator
 Benjamin Frazier Jetton, Ensign, USNR, Communication Officer
 Delavan Bloodgood Downer, Lt(jg), USNR, Asst. Engineer Officer
 Donald Arthur Regan, Lt(jg), USNR, Asst. Gunnery Officer and Commissary Officer
 Ralph Edward Trost, Ensign, USNR, Asst. Engineer Officer
 Alton Barger Grimes, Ensign, USN, Radar and Sonar Officer
 Orwoll (Orivall) Milton Hackett, Ensign, USNR, Torpedo Officer

Missing: Keith Norman Shirlie, Ensign, SC, USNR, Supply Officer.