United States Under Secretary of the Navy

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