Seal of the United States Department of the Navy
The United States Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is the civilian head of the Department of the Navy. The position was a member of the President's Cabinet until 1947, when the Navy, Army, and newly created Air Force were placed in the Department of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy was placed under the Secretary of Defense.[1]
Responsibilities
Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy.
The Secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has the authority under Title 10 of the United States Code, to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including: recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The Secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment and facilities. SECNAV is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the President and the Secretary of Defense.[2][3]
The Department of the Navy consists of two Uniformed Services: the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.[4] Whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy has the same powers and duties with respect to the Coast Guard as the Secretary of Homeland Security when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy.[5]
The Navy Secretariat
The Office of the Secretary of the Navy and its subordinate officials are known collectively as the Navy Secretariat. Other members of the Secretariat include the Undersecretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (ASN), the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, the Naval Inspector General, the Chief of Legislative Affairs, and the Chief of Naval Research. The Office of the Secretary of the Navy has sole responsibility within the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Headquarters of the Marine Corps for acquisition, auditing, financial and information management, legislative affairs, public affairs, research, and development.[6]
Secretaries of the Navy[7]
Continental Congress
Cabinet
| No. |
Picture |
Name |
State |
Term of Office |
Served under |
| 1 |
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Benjamin Stoddert |
Maryland |
June 18, 1798 - March 31, 1801 |
John Adams |
| 2 |
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Robert Smith |
Maryland |
July 27, 1801 - March 4, 1809 |
Thomas Jefferson |
| 3 |
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Paul Hamilton |
South Carolina |
May 15, 1809 - December 31, 1812 |
James Madison |
| 4 |
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William Jones |
Pennsylvania |
January 19, 1813 - December 1, 1814 |
James Madison |
| 5 |
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Benjamin W. Crowninshield |
Massachusetts |
January 16, 1815 - September 30, 1818 |
James Madison, James Monroe |
| 6 |
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Smith Thompson |
New York |
January 1, 1819 - August 31, 1823 |
James Monroe |
| 7 |
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Samuel L. Southard |
New Jersey |
September 16, 1823 - March 4, 1829 |
James Monroe, John Quincy Adams |
| 8 |
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John Branch |
North Carolina |
March 9, 1829 - May 12, 1831 |
Andrew Jackson |
| 9 |
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Levi Woodbury |
New Hampshire |
May 23, 1831 - June 30, 1834 |
Andrew Jackson |
| 10 |
Image:Mahlon Dickerson.jpg |
Mahlon Dickerson |
New Jersey |
July 1, 1834 - June 30, 1838 |
Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren |
| 11 |
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James K. Paulding |
New York |
July 1, 1838 - March 4, 1841 |
Martin Van Buren |
| 12 |
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George E. Badger |
North Carolina |
March 6, 1841 - September 11, 1841 |
William Henry Harrison, John Tyler |
| 13 |
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Abel P. Upshur |
Virginia |
October 11, 1841 - July 23, 1843 |
John Tyler |
| 14 |
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David Henshaw |
Massachusetts |
July 24, 1843 - February 18, 1844 |
John Tyler |
| 15 |
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Thomas W. Gilmer |
Virginia |
February 19, 1844 - February 28, 1844 |
John Tyler |
| 16 |
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John Y. Mason |
Virginia |
March 26, 1844 - March 4, 1845 |
John Tyler |
| 17 |
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George Bancroft |
Massachusetts |
March 11, 1845 - September 9, 1846 |
James Knox Polk |
| 18 |
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John Y. Mason |
Virginia |
September 10, 1846 - March 4, 1849 |
James Knox Polk |
| 19 |
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William B. Preston |
Virginia |
March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850 |
Zachary Taylor |
| 20 |
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William A. Graham |
North Carolina |
August 2, 1850 - July 25, 1852 |
Millard Fillmore |
| 21 |
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John P. Kennedy |
Maryland |
July 26, 1852 - March 4, 1853 |
Millard Fillmore |
| 22 |
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James C. Dobbin |
North Carolina |
March 8, 1853 - March 4, 1857 |
Franklin Pierce |
| 23 |
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Isaac Toucey |
Connecticut |
March 7, 1857 - March 4, 1861 |
James Buchanan |
| 24 |
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Gideon Welles |
Connecticut |
March 7, 1861 - March 4, 1869 |
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson |
| 25 |
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Adolph E. Borie |
Pennsylvania |
March 9, 1869 - June 25, 1869 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
| 26 |
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George M. Robeson |
New Jersey |
June 26, 1869 - March 4, 1877 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
| 27 |
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Richard W. Thompson |
Indiana |
March 13, 1877 - December 20, 1880 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 28 |
Image:Nathan Goff, Jr. - Brady-Handy.jpg |
Nathan Goff, Jr. |
West Virginia |
January 7, 1881 - March 4, 1881 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 29 |
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William H. Hunt |
Louisiana |
March 7, 1881 - April 16, 1882 |
James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur |
| 30 |
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William E. Chandler |
New Hampshire |
April 16, 1882 - March 4, 1885 |
Chester A. Arthur |
| 31 |
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William C. Whitney |
New York |
March 7, 1885 - March 4, 1889 |
Grover Cleveland |
| 32 |
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Benjamin F. Tracy |
New York |
March 6, 1889 - March 4, 1893 |
Benjamin Harrison |
| 33 |
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Hilary A. Herbert |
Alabama |
March 7, 1893 - March 4, 1897 |
Grover Cleveland |
| 34 |
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John D. Long |
Massachusetts |
March 6, 1897 - April 30, 1902 |
William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt |
| 35 |
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William H. Moody |
Massachusetts |
May 1, 1902 - June 30, 1904 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
| 36 |
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Paul Morton |
|
July 1, 1904 - June 30, 1905 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
| 37 |
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Charles J. Bonaparte |
Maryland |
July 1, 1905 - December 16, 1906 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
| 38 |
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Victor H. Metcalf |
California |
December 17, 1906 - November 30, 1908 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
| 39 |
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Truman Handy Newberry |
Michigan |
December 1, 1908 - March 4, 1909 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
| 40 |
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George von Lengerke Meyer |
Massachusetts |
March 6, 1909 - March 4, 1913 |
William Howard Taft |
| 41 |
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Josephus Daniels |
North Carolina |
March 5, 1913 - March 4, 1921 |
Woodrow Wilson |
| 42 |
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Edwin Denby |
Michigan |
March 6, 1921 - March 10, 1924 |
Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge |
| 43 |
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Curtis D. Wilbur |
California |
March 19, 1924 - March 4, 1929 |
Calvin Coolidge |
| 44 |
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Charles F. Adams III |
Massachusetts |
March 5, 1929 - March 4, 1933 |
Herbert Hoover |
| 45 |
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Claude A. Swanson |
Virginia |
March 4, 1933 - July 7, 1939 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 46 |
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Charles Edison |
New Jersey |
January 2, 1940 - June 24, 1940 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 47 |
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Frank Knox |
Illinois |
July 11, 1940 - April 28, 1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 48 |
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James V. Forrestal |
New York |
May 19, 1944 - September 17, 1947 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman |
Secretaries of the Navy (Department of Defense)
| No. |
Picture |
Name |
Term of Office |
Served under |
| 1 |
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John L. Sullivan |
September 18, 1947 - May 24, 1949 |
Harry S. Truman |
| 2 |
Image:Francis P. Matthews.jpg |
Francis P. Matthews |
May 25, 1949 - July 31, 1951 |
Harry S. Truman |
| 3 |
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Dan A. Kimball |
July 31, 1951 - January 20, 1953 |
Harry S. Truman |
| 4 |
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Robert B. Anderson |
February 4, 1953 - March 3, 1954 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 5 |
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Charles S. Thomas |
May 3, 1954 - April 1, 1957 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 6 |
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Thomas S. Gates |
April 1, 1957 - June 8, 1959 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 7 |
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William B. Franke |
June 8, 1959 - January 19, 1961 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 8 |
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John B. Connally, Jr |
January 25, 1961 - December 20, 1961 |
John F. Kennedy |
| 9 |
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Fred Korth |
January 4, 1962 - November 1, 1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
|
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Paul B. Fay (acting) |
November 2, 1963 - November 28, 1963 |
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 10 |
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Paul H. Nitze |
November 29, 1963 - June 30, 1967 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Charles F. Baird (acting) |
July 1, 1967 - August 31, 1967 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 11 |
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Paul R. Ignatius |
September 1, 1967 - January 24, 1969 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 12 |
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John H. Chafee |
January 31, 1969 - May 4, 1972 |
Richard M. Nixon |
| 13 |
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John W. Warner |
May 4, 1972 - April 8, 1974 |
Richard M. Nixon |
| 14 |
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J. William Middendorf, II |
April 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977 |
Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford |
| 15 |
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W. Graham Claytor, Jr. |
February 14, 1977 - August 24, 1979 |
Jimmy Carter |
| 16 |
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Edward Hidalgo |
October 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
| 17 |
Image:John Lehman, official photo as Secretary of the Navy, 1982.JPEG |
John Lehman |
February 5, 1981 - April 10, 1987 |
Ronald Reagan |
| 18 |
Image:James Webb, Assistant Secretary of Defense, official photo.JPEG |
Jim Webb |
May 1, 1987 - February 23, 1988 |
Ronald Reagan |
| 19 |
Image:William L. Ball, at a ceremony, 7 October 1988.jpg |
William L. Ball |
March 28, 1988 - May 15, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush |
| 20 |
Image:Henry Lawrence Garrett III, official Navy photo, 1987.jpg |
Henry L. Garrett III |
May 15, 1989 - June 26, 1992 |
George H.W. Bush |
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Daniel Howard (acting) |
June 26, 1992 - July 7, 1992 |
George H.W. Bush |
| 21 |
Image:Sean O'Keefe, official Navy photo, 1992.jpg |
Sean O'Keefe |
October 2, 1992 - January 20, 1993 |
George H.W. Bush |
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Image:Admiral Frank Kelso, official military photo.JPEG |
Admiral Frank B. Kelso II (acting) |
January 2, 1993 - July 21, 1993 |
Bill Clinton |
| 22 |
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John H. Dalton |
July 22, 1993 - November 16, 1998 |
Bill Clinton |
| 23 |
Image:Richard Danzig, official Navy photo.jpg |
Richard Danzig |
November 16, 1998 - January 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
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Image:Robert Pirie, official photo portrait, circa 2001.jpg |
Robert B. Pirie, Jr. (acting) |
January 20, 2001 - May 24, 2001 |
George W. Bush |
| 24 |
Image:Gordon England portrait.jpg |
Gordon R. England |
May 24, 2001 - January 30, 2003 |
George W. Bush |
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Image:Susan Morrisey Livingstone, offiial Navy photo, 2 Feb 2003.jpg |
Susan Livingstone (acting) |
January 30, 2003 - February 7, 2003 |
George W. Bush |
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Image:Hansford Johnson, official photo as Secretary of the Navy.jpg |
Hansford T. Johnson (acting) |
February 7, 2003 - September 30, 2003 |
George W. Bush |
| 25 |
Image:Gordon England portrait.jpg |
Gordon R. England |
October 1, 2003 - January 3, 2006 |
George W. Bush |
| 26 |
Image:Donald Winter, official photo as Secretary of the Navy, 2006.jpg |
Donald C. Winter |
January 3, 2006 - Present |
George W. Bush |
References
- ^ "Guide to Federal Records - General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1798-1947". Retrieved on September 23, 2007.
- ^ "US CODE: Title 10,5013. Secretary of the Navy". Retrieved on September 23, 2007.
- ^ "U.S. Navy Biographies - THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER". Retrieved on September 23, 2007.
- ^ "The US Navy". Retrieved on September 23, 2007.
- ^ "US CODE: Title 10,5013a. Secretary of the Navy: powers with respect to Coast Guard". Retrieved on September 23, 2007.
- ^ "US CODE: Title 10,5014. Office of the Secretary of the Navy". Retrieved on September 23, 2007.
- ^ "Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel (DON-OGC) - OGC History". Retrieved on September 23, 2007.
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