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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).

The four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (for Research, Development and Acquisition; Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Financial Management and Comptroller; and Installations and Environment) report to the Under Secretary, along with the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of Legislative Affairs, the Auditor General of the Navy, the Assistant for Administration, and the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs.

The office of Under Secretary currently is vacant. Robert Work has been nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate, but has not yet been sworn in.[1]

Past Under Secretaries of the Navy

Source: Official U.S. Navy web page archived at [2].

James V. Forrestal, August 22, 1940 – May 16, 1944
Ralph A. Bard, June 24, 1944 – June 30, 1945
Artemus L. Gates, July 3, 1945 – December 31, 1945
John L. Sullivan, June 17, 1946 – September 18, 1947
John W. Kenney, September 19, 1947 – September 24, 1949
Dan A. Kimball, May 25, 1949 – July 31, 1951
Francis P. Whitehair, August 7, 1951 – January 29, 1953
Charles S. Thomas, February 9, 1953 – August 5, 1953
Thomas S. Gates, Jr., October 7, 1953 – April 1, 1957
William B. Franke, April 17, 1957 – June 7, 1959
Fred A. Bantz, June 8, 1959 – January 20, 1961
Paul B. Fay, Jr., February 16, 1961 – January 15, 1965
Kenneth E. Belieu, February 26, 1965 – July 1965
Robert H.B. Baldwin, July 2, 1965 – July 31, 1967
Charles F. Baird, August 1, 1967 – January 20, 1969
John W. Warner, February 11, 1969 – May 4, 1972
Frank P. Sanders, May 5, 1972 – June 29, 1973
William J. Middendorf II, August 3, 1973 – June 20, 1974
David S. Potter, August 28, 1974 – April 1, 1976
David R. MacDonald, September 14, 1976 – February 4, 1977
James R. Woolsey, March 9, 1977 – December 7, 1979
Robert J. Murray, February 7, 1980 – September 29, 1981
Goodrich, James F., September 29, 1981 – August 6, 1987
Lawrence H. Garrett III, August 6, 1987 – May 15, 1989
Daniel J. Howard, August 7, 1989 – January 20, 1993
Richard J. Danzig, November 29, 1993 – May 30, 1997
Jerry MacArthur Hultin, November 13, 1997 – July 14, 2000
Robert B. Pirie, Jr., October 12, 2000 – June 6, 2001
Susan M. Livingstone, July 26, 2001 – February 28, 2003

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 The four [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy|Assistant Secretaries of the Navy]] (for Research, Development and Acquisition; Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Financial Management and Comptroller; and Installations and Environment) report to the Under Secretary, along with the [[General Counsel of the Department of the Navy]], the [[Chief of Naval Operations]], the [[Commandant of the Marine Corps]], the [[Chief of Legislative Affairs]], the [[Auditor General of the Navy]], the [[Assistant for Administration to the Under Secretary of the Navy|Assistant for Administration]], and the [[Director of the Office of Small Business Programs]].
+The office of Under Secretary currently is vacant. [[Robert Work]] has been nominated by [[President Obama]] and confirmed by the [[United States Senate]], but has not yet been sworn in.[http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/05/navy_mabus_confirmed_051909w/]
-The office of Under Secretary currently is vacant.
 ==Past Under Secretaries of the Navy==