U.S. Navy Chaplains and Denominations, 1939-1941

Notes:
1. Abbreviations:
     USN: Chaplain who began active duty in the Regular Navy.
    To USN: Reserve chaplains who transferred to the Regular Navy.
    CS: Chaplains’ School.
2. Reserve chaplains are listed according to the year in which they were called to active duty, and not according to the year of commission.
3. Chaplains’ School and numerals refer to the number and year of the class. [CS 10-43] indicates a member of class 10 of 1943.
4. Date after a name indicates first date of previous service in the Navy.
5. Two denominations following a name indicate the person changed his affiliation from the first to the second while in naval service.
6. Period from 8 September 1939 to 7 December 1941 is declared by President Roosevelt as a state of "limited national emergency." All U.S. military forces are authorized to increase manpower and to recall reservists to active duty.

8 September 1939 to 7 December 1941
1939
Davis, James E., USN	Congregational
1940
Arendt, Eric H., USN Barkman, Floy T. Brewster, Earl R., to USN. Collins, William E. Cook, Abner R., USN Cook, Ozias B., to USN Craft, Luther B., [CS 10-43] Cunningham, James F . Day, Howard M., USN . deForest, William J Dillon, Donald A., USN Doscher, William F. Forgy, Howell M., USN Hally, Michael A., [1930] Hanson, Hjalmar F Hindman, Lloyd S., to USN Hohenstein, Raymond C., USN Kuhn. William J., USN LeMoine, Roy E., USN Martin, Alvo O., to USN Murray, Burchard V. O’Callahan, Joseph T. Peck, Walter S., USN . Schmieder, Lawrence R., USN Stultz, Irving W., to USN Tennyson, Merrill G. . Tower, Hansel H., USN . Wallace, Edward A. Witwer, Albert M., Jr. Young, Merle N., USN	Congregational Baptist (Northern) Methodist Roman Catholic Methodist Roman Catholic Methodist Baptist (Southern) Roman Catholic Protestant Episcopal Roman Catholic Lutheran Presbyterian (USA) Roman Catholic Lutheran Presbyterian (USA) Lutheran Protestant Episcopal Protestant Episcopal Methodist / Congregational Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Presbyterian (USA) Roman Catholic Unitarian Protestant Episcopal Methodist Roman Catholic Methodist Methodist
1941
Babb, William H. Barnes, E. Richard, to USN Blomquist, Reuben T. Boud, John William Burns, Joseph A. Chrisman, Charles D. Claypool, James V. Creviston, Lawrence P. Curt, Pancras C. Curtis, Ralph A., to USN Davis, Lewis K., to USN Durocher, Justin C. Farrell, John P. Finnin, Edward J. Fulton, James W., Jr. Gans, Milton P., to USN Gerhart, Luther F., to USN Gill, Jerome P. Hoffman, William H., to USN Holt, William T., 1920, USN Hults, Chester L., to USN Jones, Enoch R. L., Jr. Kamler, Alfred F. Kelly, Donald F., to USN Kelly, John P., to USN Kennedy, Wallace L. Lambdin, Charles H. Larkin, John C. Magyar, John A. McDonald, David H., to USN McGann, Francis L. McGarrity, John J. McLaughlin, John T. McNally, Herbert P. McPhee, Peter R., Jr., to USN McQuaid, Arthur F., to USN Meachum, Lonnie W., to USN Metters, Robert G., CS, 9-42, USN Moody, Joseph N. Nee, Paul A. Nelson, Charles W., to USN Nicholas, Philip O’Brien, Joseph E., to USN Odlum, Thomas J. O’Leary, Francis T., to USN Olton, Robert M. O’Neill, Charles A. O’Neill, John J. Parker, Charles L. Parker, John T., Jr. Parker, Joseph F., to USN Pennington, Edgar L. Perkins, Kenneth D., to USN Peterson, Abbot Jr., to USN Reardon, Daniel L. Russell, Seth W. Shealy, James L. Shearer, Leon A. Sheehy, Maurice S. Shilling, John H., to USN Spahn, Irwin E. Straus, Herbert C. Thomas, Louis O. Townsend, Paul W. Wagener, John P. Wells, Henry H., Jr., to USN Wheaton, John K., to USN Williams, Frank R. Williams, William D. Winter, William W., to USN Wintersteen, Prescott B., to USN Woloch, John F. Zimmerman, John D. Zinn, Willen R.	Roman Catholic Methodist Protestant Episcopal Latter Day Saints Roman Catholic Presbyterian (Bible) Methodist Roman Catholic Presbyterian (USA) Methodist Baptist (Northern) Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Presbyterian (US) Roman Catholic Lutheran Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Protestant Episcopal Protestant Episcopal Protestant Episcopal Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Presbyterian (Bible) Methodist Roman Catholic Presbyterian (USA) Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Baptist (Northern) Roman Catholic Baptist (Southern) Protestant Episcopal Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Protestant Episcopal Presbyterian (USA) Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Protestant Episcopal Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Protestant Episcopal Baptist (Northern). Baptist (Southern). Protestant Episcopal Protestant Episcopal Unitarian Roman Catholic Methodist Lutheran Protestant Episcopal Roman Catholic Methodist Roman Catholic Jewish Protestant Episcopal Methodist Roman Catholic Baptist (Southern) Roman Catholic Presbyterian (USA) Methodist Presbyterian (US) Unitarian Roman Catholic Protestant Episcopal Disciples of Christ