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Flag of the Secretary of the Navy
Seal of the Department of the Navy
Incumbent
Ray Mabus
since May 19, 2009
Department of the Navy
Style Mister Secretary
Reports to Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Appointer The President
with Senate advice and consent
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Secretary of the Navy(or SECNAV) is a
statutory office (10 U.S.C. 5013
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode
/10/5013.html)) and the head (chief executiveofficer) of the Department of the Navy, a military
department (component organization) within the
Department of Defense of the United States of
America.
The Secretary of the Navy must by law be a
civilian, at least 5 years removed from active
military service, and is appointed by the
President and requires confirmation by a
majority vote of the Senate.
The Secretary of the Navy was, from its creation
in 1798, a member of the President's Cabinet
until 1949, when the Secretary of the Navy (and
the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force) was
by amendments to the National Security Act of
1947 made subordinate to the Secretary of
Defense.[1]
1 Responsibilities
1.1 Navy Regulations
1.2 U.S. Coast Guard
2 The Navy Secretariat
3 Secretaries of the Navy
[7][8]
3.1 Continental Congress
3.2 Executive Department
17981947
3.3 Military Department
(Department of Defense) 1947
4 References
5 See also
6 External links
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Term length No fixed term as known.
Inaugural
holder
Benjamin Stoddert
Formation June 18, 1798
Succession 3rd in SecDef succession
Deputy The Under Secretary
(principal civilian deputy)
Chief of Naval Operations
(navy advisor and deputy)
The Commandant
(Marine Corps advisor and deputy)
Salary Executive Schedule, level II
Website Official Website
(http://www.navy.mil/secnav)
The Department of the Navy (DoN) consists of
two Uniformed Services: the United States Navy
and the United States Marine Corps.[2]The
Secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has
statutory authority (10 U.S.C. 5013(http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode
/10/5013.html)) to "conduct all the affairs of the
Department of the Navy", i.e. as its chief
executive officer, subject to the limits of the law,
and the directions of the President and the
Secretary of Defense. In effect, all authority
within the Navy and Marine Corps, unless
specifically exempted by law, is derivative of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Navy.
Specifically enumerated responsibilities of the SECNAV in beforementioned section are: 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 or the Secretary of
Defense.[3][4]
The Secretary of the Navy is a member of the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB), chaired by the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Furthermore, the Secretary
has several statutory responsibilities under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) withrespect to the administration of the military justice system for the Navy & the Marine Corps,
including the authority to convene general courts-martial and to commute sentences.
The principal military advisers to the SECNAV are the two service chiefs of the naval services: for
matters regarding the Navy the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), and for matters regarding the
Marine Corps the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC). The CNO and the Commandant act as
the principal executive agents of the SECNAV within their respective services to implement the
orders of the Secretary.
The United States Navy Regulations is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the
Navy, and any changes to it can only be approved by the Secretary of the Navy.
Whenever the United States Coast Guard operates as a service within the Department of the Navy,
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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 Office of the Secretary of the Navy, also known within DoD as theNavy Secretariator
simply just as the Secretariatin a DoN setting, is the immediate headquarters staff that supports theSecretary in discharging his duties. The principal officials of the Secretariat include the Under
Secretary of the Navy (the Secretary's principal civilian deputy), the Assistant Secretaries of the
Navy (ASN), the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, the Judge Advocate General of
the Navy (JAG), the Naval Inspector General (NIG), the Chief of Legislative Affairs, and the Chief
of Naval Research. The Office of the Secretary of the Navy has sole responsibility within the
Department of the Navy for acquisition, auditing, financial and information management,
legislative affairs, public affairs, research, and development.[6]
The Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps have their own separatestaffs, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations(also known by its acronym OPNAV) and
Headquarters Marine Corps.
Denotes acting Secretaries
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Position Picture Name Term of Office
Chairman of the Marine Committee John Adams October 13, 17751779
Member of the Marine Committee John Langdon October 13, 1775?
Member of the Marine Committee Silas Deane October 13, 1775?
Member of the Marine Committee Joseph Hewes 1775 [9]
Continental Navy Board
(under Marine Committee)
November 6, 177628
October 28, 1779
Chairman of the Continental Board
of Admiralty
Francis Lewis December 17791780
Secretary of MarineAlexander
McDougall
February 7, 1781August 29,
1781
Agent of Marine
(devolved onto Superintendent of
Finance)
Robert Morris August 29, 17811784 [10]
(Post of Secretary of Marine created but remained vacant)
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No. Picture Name State Term of Office Served under
1Benjamin
StoddertMaryland
June 18, 1798March
31, 1801John Adams
2 Robert Smith Maryland July 27, 1801 March
4, 1809Thomas Jefferson
3 Paul HamiltonSouth
Carolina
May 15,
1809December 31,
1812
James Madison
4 William Jones PennsylvaniaJanuary 19,1813December 1,
1814
5Benjamin W.
CrowninshieldMassachusetts
January 16,
1815September 30,
1818
James Madison,
James Monroe
6 Smith Thompson New York January 1,
1819August 31, 1823James Monroe
7Samuel L.
SouthardNew Jersey
September 16,
1823March 4, 1829
James Monroe,
John Quincy
Adams
8 John BranchNorthCarolina
March 9, 1829May12, 1831
Andrew Jackson
9 Levi WoodburyNew
Hampshire
May 23, 1831June
30, 1834
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10Mahlon
DickersonNew Jersey
July 1, 1834June 30,
1838
Andrew Jackson,
Martin Van Buren
11
James K.
Paulding New York
July 1, 1838March 4,
1841 Martin Van Buren
12 George E. Badger North
Carolina
March 6,
1841September 11,
1841
William Henry
Harrison, John
Tyler
13 Abel P. Upshur Virginia
October 11, 1841July
23, 1843
John Tyler
14 David Henshaw Massachusetts
July 24,
1843February 18,
1844
15Thomas W.
GilmerVirginia
February 19,
1844February 28,
1844
16 John Y. Mason VirginiaMarch 26,
1844March 4, 1845
17 George Bancroft Massachusetts
March 11,
1845September 9,1846
James Knox Polk
18 John Y. Mason VirginiaSeptember 10,
1846March 4, 1849
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19William B.
PrestonVirginia
March 8, 1849July
22, 1850Zachary Taylor
20 William A.Graham NorthCarolina August 2, 1850July25, 1852
Millard Fillmore
21 John P. Kennedy Maryland July 26, 1852March
4, 1853
22 James C. Dobbin NorthCarolina
March 8, 1853March4, 1857
Franklin Pierce
23 Isaac Toucey ConnecticutMarch 7, 1857March
4, 1861James Buchanan
24 Gideon Welles ConnecticutMarch 7, 1861March
4, 1869
Abraham Lincoln,
Andrew Johnson
25 Adolph E. Borie PennsylvaniaMarch 9, 1869June
25, 1869
Ulysses S. Grant
26George M.
RobesonNew Jersey
June 26, 1869March
4, 1877
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(acting) William FaxonMarch 4, 1877March
13, 1877
Rutherford B.
Hayes27
Richard W.
Thompson Indiana
March 13,
1877December 20,1880
28 Nathan Goff, Jr. West VirginiaJanuary 7,
1881March 4, 1881
29 William H. Hunt Louisiana March 7, 1881April16, 1882
James Garfield,Chester A. Arthur
30William E.
Chandler
New
Hampshire
April 16, 1882March
4, 1885Chester A. Arthur
31 William C.Whitney
New York March 7, 1885March4, 1889
Grover Cleveland
32Benjamin F.
TracyNew York
March 6, 1889March
4, 1893
Benjamin
Harrison
33 Hilary A. Herbert AlabamaMarch 7, 1893March
4, 1897Grover Cleveland
34 John D. Long MassachusettsMarch 6, 1897April
30, 1902
William
McKinley,
Theodore
Roosevelt
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35William H.
MoodyMassachusetts
May 1, 1902June 30,
1904
Theodore
Roosevelt
36 Paul Morton Illinois July 1, 1904June 30,1905
37Charles J.
BonaparteMaryland
July 1,
1905December 16,
1906
38 Victor H. Metcalf CaliforniaDecember 17,1906November 30,
1908
39Truman H.
NewberryMichigan
December 1,
1908March 4, 1909
40George von L.
Meyer
MassachusettsMarch 6, 1909March
4, 1913
William Howard
Taft
41 Josephus DanielsNorth
Carolina
March 5, 1913March
4, 1921Woodrow Wilson
42 Edwin C. Denby Michigan
March 6, 1921March
10, 1924
Warren G.
Harding, CalvinCoolidge
(acting)Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.New York
March 10,
1924March 19, 1924Calvin Coolidge
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43 Curtis D. Wilbur CaliforniaMarch 19,
1924March 4, 1929
44Charles F. AdamsIII
MassachusettsMarch 5, 1929March4, 1933
Herbert Hoover
45Claude A.
SwansonVirginia
March 4, 1933July 7,
1939
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
46 Charles Edison New Jersey
July 7, 1939January
2, 1940
January 2, 1940June
24, 1940
(acting) Lewis ComptonJune 24, 1940July 11,
1940
47 Frank Knox IllinoisJuly 11, 1940April
28, 1944
(acting) Ralph A. BardApril 28, 1944May
19, 1944
48 James V. Forrestal New York
May 19,
1944September 17,
1947
Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Harry
S. Truman
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No. Image Name
Term of Office Served under:
Began EndedDays of
ServiceSecretary President
1John L.
Sullivan
18
September
1947
24 May
1949614
James V.
Forrestal
Louis A.
Johnson
Harry S.
Truman2
Francis P.
Matthews
25 May
1949
31 July
1951797
Louis A.
Johnson
George C.
Marshall
3Dan A.
Kimball
31 July
1951
20 January
1953
539
George C.
Marshall
Robert A.Lovett
4Robert B.
Anderson
4 February
1953
3 March
1954392
Charles E.
Wilson
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
5Charles S.
Thomas
3 May 19541 April
1957
1064
6Thomas S.
Gates, Jr.
1 April
19578 June 1959 798
Charles E.
Wilson
Neil H.
McElroy
7William B.
Franke8 June 1959
19 January
1961591
Neil H.
McElroy
Thomas S.
Gates, Jr.
8John B.
Connally
25 January
1961
20
December
1961
329Robert S.
McNamara
John F.
Kennedy
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9 Fred Korth4 January
1962
1
November
1963
666
(acting) Paul B. Fay 2November
1963
28November
1963
26
John F.
KennedyLyndon B.
Johnson
10 Paul H. Nitze
29
November
1963
30 June
19671309
Lyndon B.
Johnson
(acting)Charles F.
Baird1 July 1967
31 August
196761
11Paul R.
Ignatius
1
September
1967
24 January
1969511
Robert S.
McNamara
Clark
Clifford
Melvin R.
Laird
Lyndon B.
Johnson
Richard M.
Nixon
12 John H.Chafee 31 January1969 4 May 1972 1189 Melvin R.Laird
Richard M.
Nixon
13John W.
Warner4 May 1972
8 April
1974704
Melvin R.
Laird
Elliot
Richardson
James R.
Schlesinger
14J. William
Middendorf
8 April
1974
20 January
19771018
James R.
Schlesinger
Donald H.
Rumsfeld
Richard M.
Nixon
Gerald Ford
15W. Graham
Claytor, Jr.
14 February
1977
24 August
1979921
Harold
Brown
Jimmy
Carter
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16Edward
Hidalgo
24 October
1979
20 January
1981454
17 John Lehman 5 February1981 10 April1987 2255 Caspar W.Weinberger
Ronald
Reagan
18 Jim Webb 1 May 198723 February
1988298
Caspar W.
Weinberger
Frank C.
Carlucci
19William L.
Ball
28 March
1988
15 May
1989 413
Frank C.
Carlucci
Richard B.
Cheney
Ronald
Reagan
George H.
W. Bush
20Henry L.
Garrett III
15 May
1989
26 June
19921138
Richard B.
Cheney
George H.
W. Bush(acting)
Daniel
Howard
26 June
19927 July 1992 11
21 Sean O'Keefe
7 July 19922 October
199287
2 October
1992
20 January
1993110
(acting)
Admiral
Frank B.
Kelso II
20 January
1993
21 July
1993182 Les Aspin
Bill Clinton
22John H.
Dalton
22 July
1993
16
November
1998
1943
Les Aspin
William J.
Perry
William S.
Cohen
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23Richard
Danzig
16
November
1998
20 January
2001796
William S.
Cohen
(acting)
Robert B.
Pirie, Jr.
20 January
2001
24 May
2001 124
Donald H.
Rumsfeld
George W.
Bush
24Gordon R.
England
24 May
2001
30 January
2003616
(acting)Susan
Livingstone
30 January
2003
7 February
20038
(acting)Hansford T.
Johnson
7 February
2003
30
September
2003
235
25Gordon R.
England
1 October
2003
29
December
2005[11]820
(acting)Dionel M.
Aviles
29
December
2005[11]
3 January
2006[11]5
26Donald C.
Winter
3 January
2006[11]13 March
2009[12]1165
Donald H.
Rumsfeld
Robert M.
Gates
George W.
Bush
Barack
Obama
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(acting) B. J. Penn13 March
2009[12]19 May
2009[13]67
Robert M.
Gates
Barack
Obama
27 Ray Mabus19 May
2009[12]Present 1764
Robert M.
Gates
Leon
Panetta
Chuck
Hagel
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