The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy. The Under Secretary, called the "Under" in Pentagon slang, reports to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
Under Secretaries of the Navy, 1940—Present[1]
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Left Office |
President Appointed By |
Secretary Served Under |
James V. Forrestal |
August 22, 1940 |
May 16, 1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Frank Knox |
Ralph A. Bard |
June 24, 1944 |
June 30, 1945 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
James Forrestal |
Artemus Gates |
July 3, 1945 |
December 31, 1945 |
Harry S. Truman |
James Forrestal |
John L. Sullivan |
June 17, 1946 |
September 18, 1947 |
Harry S. Truman |
James Forrestal |
W. John Kenney |
September 19, 1947 |
September 24, 1949 |
Harry S. Truman |
John L. Sullivan |
Dan A. Kimball |
May 25, 1949 |
July 31, 1951 |
Harry S. Truman |
Francis P. Matthews |
Francis P. Whitehair |
August 7, 1951 |
January 29, 1953 |
Harry S. Truman |
Dan A. Kimball |
Charles S. Thomas |
February 9, 1953 |
August 5, 1953 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Robert B. Anderson |
Thomas S. Gates, Jr. |
October 7, 1953 |
April 1, 1957 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Robert B. Anderson, Charles Thomas |
William B. Franke |
April 17, 1957 |
June 7, 1959 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Thomas S. Gates, Jr. |
Fred A. Bantz |
June 8, 1959 |
January 20, 1961 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
William B. Franke |
Paul B. Fay, Jr. |
February 16, 1961 |
January 15, 1965 |
John F. Kennedy |
John Connally, Fred Korth, Paul Nitze |
Kenneth E. BeLieu |
February 26, 1965 |
July 1965 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Paul Nitze |
Robert H. B. Baldwin |
July 2, 1965 |
July 31, 1967 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Paul Nitze |
Charles F. Baird |
August 1, 1967 |
January 20, 1969 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Paul Robert Ignatius |
John Warner |
February 11, 1969 |
May 4, 1972 |
Richard Nixon |
John Chafee |
Frank P. Sanders |
May 5, 1972 |
June 29, 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
John Warner |
J. William Middendorf |
August 3, 1973 |
June 20, 1974 |
Richard Nixon |
John Warner |
David S. Potter |
August 28, 1974 |
April 1, 1976 |
Gerald Ford |
J. William Middendorf |
David R. Macdonald |
September 14, 1976 |
February 4, 1977 |
Gerald Ford |
J. William Middendorf |
R. James Woolsey, Jr. |
March 9, 1977 |
December 7, 1979 |
Jimmy Carter |
W. Graham Claytor, Jr. |
Robert J. Murray |
February 7, 1980 |
September 29, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
Edward Hidalgo, John Lehman |
James F. Goodrich |
September 29, 1981 |
August 6, 1987 |
Ronald Reagan |
John Lehman |
Henry L. Garrett III |
August 6, 1987 |
May 15, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
Jim Webb, William L. Ball |
J. Daniel Howard |
August 7, 1989 |
January 20, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
Henry L. Garrett III, Sean O'Keefe |
Richard J. Danzig |
November 29, 1993 |
May 30, 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
John Howard Dalton |
Jerry MacArthur Hultin |
November 13, 1997 |
July 14, 2000 |
Bill Clinton |
John Howard Dalton, Richard Danzig |
Robert B. Pirie, Jr. |
October 12, 2000 |
June 6, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
Richard Danzig |
Susan M. Livingstone |
July 26, 2001 |
February 28, 2003 |
George W. Bush |
Gordon R. England |
Dionel M. Aviles |
October 8, 2004 |
May 19, 2009 |
George W. Bush |
Gordon R. England, Donald C. Winter |
Robert O. Work |
May 19, 2009 |
March 22, 2013 |
Barack Obama |
Ray Mabus |
Janine A. Davidson |
March 17, 2016 |
Present |
Barack Obama |
Ray Mabus |
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