United States Secretary of the Navy





















Secretary of the Navy

Seal of the United States Department of the Navy.svg
Seal of the Department of the Navy


Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy.svg
Flag of the Secretary of the Navy


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Incumbent
Richard V. Spencer

since 3 August 2017
Department of the Navy
StyleMister Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)
Reports to
Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderBenjamin Stoddert
Formation18 June 1798
Succession3rd in SecDef succession
DeputyThe Under Secretary
(Principal Civilian Deputy)
Chief of Naval Operations
(Navy Advisor and Deputy)
The Commandant
(Marine Corps Advisor and Deputy)
SalaryExecutive Schedule, level II
WebsiteOfficial Website

The Secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer (10 U.S.C. § 5013) and the head (chief executive officer) 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 be a civilian by law, at least 5 years removed from active military service. The Secretary 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]




Contents





  • 1 Responsibilities

    • 1.1 Navy Regulations


    • 1.2 U.S. Coast Guard



  • 2 The Navy Secretariat


  • 3 Secretaries of the Navy

    • 3.1 Continental Congress


    • 3.2 Executive Department 1798–1947


    • 3.3 Military Department (Department of Defense) 1947–present



  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Responsibilities


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) 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 the before-mentioned 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) with respect 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.



Navy Regulations


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.



U.S. Coast Guard


Whenever the United States Coast Guard operates as a service within the Department of 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 Department of the Navy.[5]



The Navy Secretariat


The Office of the Secretary of the Navy, also known within DoD as the Navy Secretariat or simply just as the Secretariat in a DoN setting, is the immediate headquarters staff that supports the Secretary 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 separate staffs, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (also known by its acronym OPNAV) and Headquarters Marine Corps.



Secretaries of the Navy



  Denotes acting Secretaries

[7][8]



Continental Congress






































Position
Picture
Name
Term of Office
Chairman of the Marine Committee

US Navy 031029-N-6236G-001 A painting of President John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd president of the United States, by Asher B. Durand (1767-1845)-crop.jpg

John Adams
13 October 1775 – 1779
Member of the Marine Committee

John langdon.jpg

John Langdon
13 October 1775–?
Member of the Marine Committee

Silas Deane - Du Simitier and B.L. Prevost.jpg

Silas Deane
13 October 1775–?
Member of the Marine Committee

Joseph Hewes.jpg

Joseph Hewes
1775[9]
Continental Navy Board
(under Marine Committee)


6 November 1776 – 28 October 1779
Chairman of the Continental Board of Admiralty

Francis Lewis.jpg

Francis Lewis
December 1779 – 1780
Secretary of Marine

AlexanderMcdougall.jpg

Alexander McDougall
7 February 1781 – 29 August 1781
Agent of Marine
(devolved onto Superintendent of Finance)

Robert Morris.jpg

Robert Morris
29 August 1781 – 1784[10]

(Post of Secretary of Marine created but remained vacant)



Executive Department 1798–1947



































































































































































































































































































No.
Picture
Name
State
Term of Office
Served under
1
Benjamin Stoddert SecNavy.jpg

Benjamin Stoddert

Maryland
18 June 1798 – 31 March 1801

John Adams
2
Robert Smith SecNavy.jpg

Robert Smith

Maryland
27 July 1801 – 4 March 1809

Thomas Jefferson
3
Paul Hamilton SecNavy.jpeg

Paul Hamilton

South Carolina
15 May 1809 – 31 December 1812

James Madison
4
William-Jones.jpg

William Jones

Pennsylvania
19 January 1813 – 1 December 1814
5

BWCrowninshield.jpg

Benjamin W. Crowninshield

Massachusetts
16 January 1815 – 30 September 1818

James Monroe
6
SmithThompson.jpg

Smith Thompson

New York
1 January 1819 – 31 August 1823
7

Samuel L. Southard SecNavy.jpg

Samuel L. Southard

New Jersey
16 September 1823 – 4 March 1829

John Quincy Adams
8
JohnBranch2.jpg

John Branch

North Carolina
9 March 1829 – 12 May 1831

Andrew Jackson
9
Levi Woodbury.jpg

Levi Woodbury

New Hampshire
23 May 1831 – 30 June 1834
10

Mahlon Dickerson.jpg

Mahlon Dickerson

New Jersey
1 July 1834 – 30 June 1838

Martin Van Buren
11

JKPaulding.jpg

James K. Paulding

New York
1 July 1838 – 4 March 1841
12

GEBadger-portrait.jpg

George E. Badger

North Carolina
6 March 1841 – 11 September 1841

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler
13
Abel P. Upshur SecNavy.jpg

Abel P. Upshur

Virginia
11 October 1841 – 23 July 1843
14
David Henshaw SecNavy.jpg

David Henshaw

Massachusetts
24 July 1843 – 18 February 1844
15
Thomas Gilmer newer.jpeg

Thomas W. Gilmer

Virginia
19 February 1844 – 28 February 1844
16
JYMason.jpg

John Y. Mason

Virginia
26 March 1844 – 4 March 1845
17
George Bancroft United States Secretary of Navy c. 1860.jpg

George Bancroft

Massachusetts
11 March 1845 – 9 September 1846

James Knox Polk
18
JYMason.jpg

John Y. Mason

Virginia
10 September 1846 – 4 March 1849
19
WmBdPreston.jpg

William B. Preston

Virginia
8 March 1849 – 22 July 1850

Zachary Taylor
20
William Alexander Graham - Brady-Handy.jpg

William A. Graham

North Carolina
2 August 1850 – 25 July 1852

Millard Fillmore
21
JohnKennedy.jpg

John P. Kennedy

Maryland
26 July 1852 – 4 March 1853
22
JCDobbin.jpg

James C. Dobbin

North Carolina
8 March 1853 – 4 March 1857

Franklin Pierce
23
Isaac Toucey - Brady-Handy.jpg

Isaac Toucey

Connecticut
7 March 1857 – 4 March 1861

James Buchanan
24

Gideon Welles - Ambrotype.jpg

Gideon Welles

Connecticut
7 March 1861 – 4 March 1869

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson
25
Adolph Borie, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca1860-1875.jpg

Adolph E. Borie

Pennsylvania
9 March 1869 – 25 June 1869

Ulysses S. Grant
26
George Robeson 1865 1880.jpg

George M. Robeson

New Jersey
26 June 1869 – 4 March 1877

(acting)

William Faxon cropped.jpg

William Faxon

4 March 1877 – 13 March 1877

Rutherford B. Hayes
27
RWThompson.jpg

Richard W. Thompson

Indiana
13 March 1877 – 20 December 1880
28
Nathan Goff, Jr. - Brady-Handy.jpg

Nathan Goff, Jr.

West Virginia
7 January 1881 – 4 March 1881
29

William-Henry-Hunt.jpg

William H. Hunt

Louisiana
7 March 1881 – 16 April 1882

James Garfield

Chester A. Arthur
30
Wm Eaton Chandler.jpg

William E. Chandler

New Hampshire
16 April 1882 – 4 March 1885
31
William Collins Whitney by Charles Milton Bell c1892.jpg

William C. Whitney

New York
7 March 1885 – 4 March 1889

Grover Cleveland
32
BFTracy.jpg

Benjamin F. Tracy

New York
6 March 1889 – 4 March 1893

Benjamin Harrison
33
Hilary A. Herbert.jpg

Hilary A. Herbert

Alabama
7 March 1893 – 4 March 1897

Grover Cleveland
34

JDLong.jpg

John D. Long

Massachusetts
6 March 1897 – 30 April 1902

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt
35
WHMoody.jpg

William H. Moody

Massachusetts
1 May 1902 – 30 June 1904
36
Paul Morton.jpg

Paul Morton

Illinois
1 July 1904 – 30 June 1905
37
CJBonaparte.jpg

Charles J. Bonaparte

Maryland
1 July 1905 – 16 December 1906
38
VHMetcalf.jpeg

Victor H. Metcalf

California
17 December 1906 – 30 November 1908
39
Truman Handy Newberry.jpg

Truman H. Newberry

Michigan
1 December 1908 – 4 March 1909
40
GvLMeyer.jpg

George von Lengerke Meyer

Massachusetts
6 March 1909 – 4 March 1913

William Howard Taft
41
Josephus Daniels 1.jpg

Josephus Daniels

North Carolina
5 March 1913 – 4 March 1921

Woodrow Wilson
42

ECDenby.jpg

Edwin C. Denby

Michigan
6 March 1921 – 10 March 1924

Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge

(acting)

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 1921.jpg

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

10 March 1924 – 19 March 1924
43
Curtis Dwight Wilbur.jpg

Curtis D. Wilbur

California
19 March 1924 – 4 March 1929
44
CharlesAdamsIII.jpg

Charles F. Adams III

Massachusetts
5 March 1929 – 4 March 1933

Herbert Hoover
45
Claude Augustus Swanson.jpg

Claude A. Swanson

Virginia
4 March 1933 – 7 July 1939

Franklin D. Roosevelt
46

Charles Edison.jpg

Charles Edison

New Jersey
7 July 1939 – 2 January 1940
2 January 1940 – 24 June 1940
(acting)
Lewis Compton (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).jpg

Lewis Compton

24 June 1940 – 11 July 1940
47
Fknox.jpg

Frank Knox

Illinois
11 July 1940 – 28 April 1944
(acting)
Ralph Bard 1922.jpg

Ralph A. Bard

28 April 1944 – 19 May 1944
48

James Forrestal - SecOfDef.jpg

James V. Forrestal

New York
19 May 1944 – 17 September 1947

Harry S. Truman


Military Department (Department of Defense) 1947–present




























































































































































































































































































No.
Image
Name
Term of Office
Served under:
Began
Ended
Days of Service

Secretary

President
49

John L Sullivan SecofNavy.jpg

John L. Sullivan
18 September 1947
24 May 1949
614

James V. Forrestal
Louis A. Johnson

Harry S. Truman
50

Francis P. Matthews.jpg

Francis P. Matthews
25 May 1949
31 July 1951
797

Louis A. Johnson
George C. Marshall
51

DanAKimball.jpg

Dan A. Kimball
31 July 1951
20 January 1953
539

George C. Marshall
Robert A. Lovett
52

Robert B Anderson.jpeg

Robert B. Anderson
4 February 1953
3 March 1954
392

Charles E. Wilson

Dwight D. Eisenhower
53

CharlesSThomas.jpg

Charles S. Thomas
3 May 1954
1 April 1957
1064
54

Thomas Gates official DoD photo.jpg

Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
1 April 1957
8 June 1959
798

Charles E. Wilson
Neil H. McElroy
55

WilliamBFranke.jpg

William B. Franke
8 June 1959
19 January 1961
591

Neil H. McElroy
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
56

John Connally.jpg

John B. Connally
25 January 1961
20 December 1961
329

Robert S. McNamara

John F. Kennedy
57

FredKorth.jpg

Fred Korth
4 January 1962
1 November 1963
666

(acting)

PaulBFay.jpg

Paul B. Fay
2 November 1963
28 November 1963
26

John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
58

Paul Nitze.jpeg

Paul H. Nitze
29 November 1963
30 June 1967
1309

Lyndon B. Johnson

(acting)


Charles F. Baird
1 July 1967
31 August 1967
61
59

Ignatius, Paul Robert.jpg

Paul R. Ignatius
1 September 1967
24 January 1969
511

Robert S. McNamara
Clark Clifford
Melvin R. Laird

Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
60

John Chafee.jpg

John H. Chafee
31 January 1969
4 May 1972
1189

Melvin R. Laird

Richard M. Nixon
61

John W Warner Sec of Navy.jpg

John W. Warner
4 May 1972
8 April 1974
704

Melvin R. Laird
Elliot Richardson
James R. Schlesinger
62

JohnWilliamMiddendorf.jpg

J. William Middendorf
8 April 1974
20 January 1977
1018

James R. Schlesinger
Donald H. Rumsfeld

Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
63

W. Graham Claytor 1984.jpg

W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
14 February 1977
24 August 1979
921

Harold Brown

Jimmy Carter
64

Edward Hidalgo, head and shoulders, facing front.jpg

Edward Hidalgo
24 October 1979
20 January 1981
454
65

John Lehman, official photo as Secretary of the Navy, 1982.JPEG

John Lehman
5 February 1981
10 April 1987
2255

Caspar W. Weinberger

Ronald Reagan
66

James Webb, Assistant Secretary of Defense, official photo.JPEG

Jim Webb
1 May 1987
23 February 1988
298

Caspar W. Weinberger
Frank C. Carlucci
67

William L Ball.jpg

William L. Ball
28 March 1988
15 May 1989
413

Frank C. Carlucci
Richard B. Cheney

Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
68

Henry Lawrence Garrett III, official Navy photo, 1987.jpg

Henry L. Garrett III
15 May 1989
26 June 1992
1138

Richard B. Cheney

George H. W. Bush

(acting)


Daniel Howard
26 June 1992
7 July 1992
11
69

Sean O'Keefe, official Navy photo, 1992.jpg

Sean O'Keefe
7 July 1992
2 October 1992
87
2 October 1992
20 January 1993
110

(acting)

Admiral Frank Kelso, official military photo.JPEG
Admiral Frank B. Kelso II
20 January 1993
21 July 1993
182

Les Aspin

Bill Clinton
70

DaltonJohn.jpg

John H. Dalton
22 July 1993
16 November 1998
1943

Les Aspin
William J. Perry
William S. Cohen
71

Richard Danzig, official Navy photo.jpg

Richard Danzig
16 November 1998
20 January 2001
796

William S. Cohen

(acting)

Robert Pirie, official photo portrait, circa 2001.jpg

Robert B. Pirie, Jr.
20 January 2001
24 May 2001
124

Donald H. Rumsfeld

George W. Bush
72

Gordon England portrait.jpg

Gordon R. England
24 May 2001
30 January 2003
616

(acting)

US Navy 030202-N-0000X-001 Under Secretary of the Navy.jpg

Susan Livingstone
30 January 2003
7 February 2003
8

(acting)

US Navy 030402-N-0000X-001 Secretary of the Navy Hansford T. Johnson (Acting).jpg

Hansford T. Johnson
7 February 2003
30 September 2003
235
73

Gordon England portrait.jpg

Gordon R. England
1 October 2003
29 December 2005[11]820

(acting)

AvilesDionel.jpg

Dionel M. Aviles
29 December 2005[11]3 January 2006[11]5
74

Donald Winter, official photo as Secretary of the Navy, 2006.jpg

Donald C. Winter
3 January 2006[11]13 March 2009[12]1165

Donald H. Rumsfeld
Robert M. Gates

George W. Bush
Barack Obama

(acting)

PennBJ.jpg

B. J. Penn
13 March 2009[12]19 May 2009[13]67

Robert M. Gates

Barack Obama
75

SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg

Ray Mabus
19 May 2009[12]20 January 2017
2803

Robert M. Gates
Leon Panetta
Chuck Hagel
Ash Carter

(acting)

Sean J. Stackley.jpg

Sean Stackley
20 January 2017
3 August 2017
195

Jim Mattis

Donald Trump
76

Richard V. Spencer.jpg

Richard V. Spencer
3 August 2017
Incumbent
470


See also


  • Military awards of the United States Department of the Navy

  • Secretary of the Navy Council of Review Boards


  • Stephen Mallory, the only Secretary of the Navy of the Confederate States of America


References




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  11. ^ abcd Staff reporter (29 December 2005). "Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Relinquishes Top Navy Post". American Forces Press Service. Retrieved 18 May 2009. Navy Undersecretary Dionel M. Aviles will serve as acting Navy secretary effective today. Donald Winter, who was confirmed by the Senate last month, will be sworn in as the 74th secretary of the Navy on Jan. 3.


  12. ^ abc "Navy Secretary Departs Office" (Press release). United States Department of Defense. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009. The 74th Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, resigned his office today as planned. Winter had agreed to remain in office until March 13, 2009, to ease the transition of the Department of Defense. [...] BJ Penn will be the acting Secretary of the Navy until the Senate confirms a nominee chosen by President Barack Obama.


  13. ^ Staff reporter (19 May 2005). "Mabus Sworn in as New Navy Secretary". NNS. Retrieved 20 May 2009. Ray Mabus, former Mississippi governor and U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was sworn in May 19 as the 75th secretary of the Navy. (Archived by WebCite at WebCite)




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