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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). Before the creation of the Under Secretary's office, the second-highest civilian at the Department of the Navy was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

United States
Under Secretary of the Navy
Seal of the Department of the Navy
Flag of the Under Secretary of the Navy
Incumbent
Erik Raven
since April 13, 2022
Department of the Navy
StyleMr. Under Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)
Reports toSecretary of the Navy
SeatThe Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
NominatorThe President with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument10 U.S.C. § 8015
FormationAugust 22, 1940
First holderJames Forrestal
Succession17th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment
DeputyDeputy Under Secretary of the Navy
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level III[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The current Under Secretary of the Navy is Erik Raven.

List of Under Secretaries of the Navy, 1940–present edit

The following men and women have held the post:[2]

No.NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident appointed bySecretary served under
1 James V. ForrestalAugust 22, 1940May 16, 1944Franklin D. RooseveltFrank Knox
2 Ralph A. BardJune 24, 1944June 30, 1945James Forrestal
3Artemus GatesJuly 3, 1945December 31, 1945Harry S. Truman
4 John L. SullivanJune 17, 1946September 18, 1947
5 W. John KenneySeptember 19, 1947September 24, 1949John L. Sullivan
6 Dan A. KimballMay 25, 1949July 31, 1951Francis P. Matthews
7Francis P. WhitehairAugust 7, 1951January 29, 1953Dan A. Kimball
8 Charles S. ThomasFebruary 9, 1953August 5, 1953Dwight D. EisenhowerRobert B. Anderson
9 Thomas S. Gates Jr.October 7, 1953April 1, 1957Robert B. Anderson
Charles Thomas
10 William B. FrankeApril 17, 1957June 7, 1959Thomas S. Gates Jr.
11 Fred A. BantzJune 8, 1959January 20, 1961William B. Franke
12 Paul B. FayFebruary 16, 1961January 15, 1965John F. KennedyJohn Connally
Fred Korth
Paul Nitze
13 Kenneth E. BeLieuFebruary 26, 1965July 1, 1965Lyndon B. JohnsonPaul Nitze
14Robert H. B. BaldwinJuly 2, 1965July 31, 1967
15Charles F. BairdAugust 1, 1967January 20, 1969Paul Robert Ignatius
16 John WarnerFebruary 11, 1969May 4, 1972Richard NixonJohn Chafee
17Frank P. SandersMay 5, 1972June 29, 1973John Warner
18 J. William MiddendorfAugust 3, 1973June 20, 1974
19David S. PotterAugust 28, 1974April 1, 1976Gerald FordJ. William Middendorf
20David R. MacdonaldSeptember 14, 1976February 4, 1977
21 R. James Woolsey Jr.March 9, 1977December 7, 1979Jimmy CarterW. Graham Claytor Jr.
22Robert J. MurrayFebruary 7, 1980September 29, 1981Edward Hidalgo
John Lehman
23James F. GoodrichSeptember 29, 1981August 6, 1987Ronald ReaganJohn Lehman
24 Henry L. Garrett IIIAugust 6, 1987May 15, 1989Jim Webb
William L. Ball
25 J. Daniel HowardAugust 7, 1989January 20, 1993George H. W. BushHenry L. Garrett III
Sean O'Keefe
26 Richard J. DanzigNovember 29, 1993May 30, 1997Bill ClintonJohn Howard Dalton
27 Jerry MacArthur HultinNovember 13, 1997July 14, 2000John Howard Dalton
Richard Danzig
28 Robert B. Pirie Jr.October 12, 2000June 6, 2001Richard Danzig
29 Susan M. LivingstoneJuly 26, 2001February 28, 2003George W. BushGordon R. England
30 Dionel M. AvilesOctober 8, 2004May 19, 2009[3]Gordon R. England
Donald C. Winter
31 Robert O. WorkMay 19, 2009March 22, 2013Barack ObamaRay Mabus
32 Janine A. DavidsonMarch 17, 2016January 20, 2017
– Thomas P. Dee (acting)February 17, 2017[4]December 4, 2017Donald TrumpRichard V. Spencer
33 Thomas B. ModlyDecember 4, 2017April 7, 2020[5][6]
– Gregory J. Slavonic (acting)April 24, 2020January 20, 2021James E. McPherson (acting)
Kenneth J. Braithwaite
– James F. Geurts (acting)February 4, 2021August 24, 2021Joe BidenThomas Harker (acting)
– Meredith A. Berger
(Performing the Duties of)		August 25, 2021April 13, 2022Carlos Del Toro
34 Erik RavenApril 13, 2022Incumbent

References edit

  1. ^ 5 U.S.C. § 5315
  2. ^ "Official U.S. Navy web page". Archived from the original on July 24, 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link).
  3. ^ "Undersecretary of Navy resigns to take new job".
  4. ^ "Navy.mil Leadership Biographies". America's Navy. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ^ "United States Navy biographies". United States Department of the Navy. November 25, 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ^ "United States Navy biography (Under Secretary of the Navy)". United States Department of the Navy. November 25, 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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