Under 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 Janine A. Davidson since March 17, 2016
Department of the Navy
Style	Madam Under Secretary The Honorable (formal address in writing)
Appointer	The President with the advice and consent of the Senate
Formation	August 22, 1940
First holder	James Forrestal
Succession	18th in SecDef succession
Website	Official Website

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]

Name	Assumed Office	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

References

↑ Official U.S. Navy web page at the Wayback Machine (archived July 24, 2006).

United States Department of the Navy

Secretaries

Cabinet level	Stoddert Smith Hamilton Jones Crowninshield S Thompson Southard Branch L. Woodbury Dickerson Paulding Badger Upshur Henshaw Gilmer Mason Bancroft Mason Preston Graham Kennedy Dobbin Toucey Welles Borie Robeson R Thompson Goff Hunt Chandler Whitney Tracy Herbert Long Moody Morton Bonaparte Metcalf Newberry Meyer Daniels Denby Wilbur Adams Swanson Edison Knox Forrestal

Dept. of Defense	Sullivan Matthews Kimball Anderson Thomas T. Gates Franke Connally Korth Nitze Ignatius Chafee Warner Middendorf Claytor Hidalgo Lehman Webb Ball Garrett O'Keefe Dalton Danzig England Winter Mabus

Under
Secretaries

Assistant
Secretaries

Pre-1954	Fox Faxon Soley McAdoo T. Roosevelt Sr. Allen Hackett Darling Newberry Satterlee Winthrop F. Roosevelt G. Woodbury T. Roosevelt Jr. Robinson Jahncke H. Roosevelt Edison Compton Bard Hensel Kenney Andrews Koehler Askins Fogler

Post-1954	Financial Management and Comptroller Installations and Environment Manpower and Reserve Affairs Research, Development and Acquisitions General Counsel of the Navy defunct: Air Installations and Logistics Material Research and Development Research, Engineering and Systems Shipbuilding and Logistics

United States Navy

Portal
Category

Leadership

Structure

Operating forces	Fleet Forces Command Pacific Fleet Naval Forces Europe Naval Forces Central Command Naval Forces Southern Command Naval Special Warfare Command Naval Reserve Forces Operational Test and Evaluation Force Naval Network Warfare Command Military Sealift Command

Shore	Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Air Systems Command Naval Facilities Engineering Command Naval Supply Systems Command Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Fleet Cyber Command Naval Academy Naval Education and Training Command Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Office of Naval Intelligence Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center Naval Legal Service Command Naval Observatory Navy Occupational Safety & Health Bureau of Naval Personnel Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Fleets	Third Fleet Fourth Fleet Fifth Fleet Sixth Fleet Seventh Fleet Tenth Fleet

Ships	A–B C D–F G–H I–K L M N–O P Q–R S T–V W–Z Aircraft carriers Airships Amphibious warfare ships Auxiliaries Battleships Cruisers Destroyers Destroyer escorts Escort carriers Frigates Mine warfare vessels Monitors Patrol vessels Sailing frigates Steam frigates Steam gunboats Ships of the line Sloops of war Submarines Torpedo boats

Personnel and
training

People

Officers	Insignia Designators

Enlisted	Insignia Ratings Classification

Personnel

Chaplain Corps

Chief

United States Navy EOD

Medical Corps

Dental Corps

Nurse Corps

Medical Service Corps

JAG

Training

United States Naval Academy

Officer Candidate School

AIM

Naval Chaplaincy School

Naval Hospital Corps School

Naval Justice School

Naval Postgraduate School

United States Armed Forces School of Music

Navy Senior Enlisted Academy

Navy Supply Corps School

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Equipment

History and
traditions

United States Marine Corps

Leadership	Secretary of the Navy Under Secretary of the Navy Commandant of the Marine Corps Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Marine Corps generals United States Congress House Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Senate Subcommittee on Seapower

Major commands	Organization of the Marine Corps Headquarters Marine Corps Marine Forces Command II Marine Expeditionary Force Marine Forces Pacific I Marine Expeditionary Force III Marine Expeditionary Force Marine Forces Reserve Fleet Marine Force Atlantic Pacific

Structure	Marine Air-Ground Task Force Bases Battalions Regiments Brigades Divisions MEF/Corps Marine aviation Marine expeditionary unit Special Operations Marine Raider Regiment Recon Force Division

Personnel and training	Personnel Rank insignia MOS Notable Marines Historical Marines Criminal Investigation Division Judge Advocate Division Chaplain of the Marine Corps Hispanic Marines Associated organizations Training Recruit Training School of Infantry Officer Candidates School The Basic School Martial Arts Program

Uniforms and equipment	Uniforms Awards Badges Weapons Vehicles and aircraft Individual equipment

History and traditions	History Culture Acronyms and terms Birthday Ball Eagle, Globe, and Anchor Marine Band Drum and Bugle Corps Service Numbers Marine Corps War Memorial Flag Marine One Marines' Hymn National Museum Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Rifleman's Creed Semper Fidelis Silent Drill Platoon History of Hispanics in the USMC Toys for Tots

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Under Secretary of the Navy

Under Secretaries of the Navy, 1940—Present[1]

References

Under Secretaries of the Navy, 1940—Present^[1]