Assistant Secretary of the Navy






The personal flag used by Assistant Secretaries of the Navy.


Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) is the title given to certain civilian senior officials in the United States Department of the Navy.


From 1861 to 1954, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy was the second highest civilian office in the Department of the Navy (reporting to the United States Secretary of the Navy). That role has since been supplanted by the office of Under Secretary of the Navy and the office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy has been abolished. There have, however, been a number of offices bearing the phrase "Assistant Secretary of the Navy" in their title (see below for details).


At present, there are four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, each of whom reports to and assists the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of the Navy:



  • Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

  • Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

  • Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)

  • Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment)

  • The General Counsel of the Navy is equivalent in rank to the four Assistant Secretaries.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Famous Assistant Secretaries of the Navy




  • 2 Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, 1861-1954[3]


  • 3 Defunct Offices Bearing the Title of "Assistant Secretary of the Navy"


  • 4 See also


  • 5 External links


  • 6 References





History


The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy was established in 1861, to provide a senior deputy to the Secretary. The Assistant Secretary was responsible for the Navy's civilian personnel, as well as for administration of shore facilities (such as naval bases and shipyards). Gustavus Fox was the first to hold the post, serving throughout the Civil War. The office was disestablished in 1869, during Reconstruction, but was reestablished by Congress on July 11, 1890. James R. Soley was the first to be appointed to the newly reestablished position.


The Assistant Secretary was the Navy's number-two civilian until 1940, when Congress established the position of Under Secretary of the Navy, who was given oversight of the Assistant Secretary's activities. James V. Forrestal, later Secretary of Defense, was the first to serve as Under Secretary; he held the post until 1944, when he became Secretary of the Navy.


During the 20th century, the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary were divided among several officials. During the 1920s, for example, to reflect the increasing importance of naval aviation, Congress established the position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air.


The office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy was disestablished in 1954.[1]



Famous Assistant Secretaries of the Navy



  • U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1897–1898, during the William McKinley administration.

  • U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913 until 1920, and helped to implement Navy policies during World War I.

  • According to author Edward J. Renehan, Jr., no less than five members of the extended Roosevelt clan served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy: Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. who served from 1921 through 1924 under Harding and Coolidge, Theodore Douglas Robinson (the son of Corinne Roosevelt) who served from 1924 through 1929 under Coolidge, and finally Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, a descendant of Robert Fulton's old friend "Steamboat Nicholas" Roosevelt, who served from 1933 through 1936 under FDR.[2]


  • Ralph Austin Bard was Assistant Secretary (1941–1944) and then Under Secretary (1944–1945) during World War II.



Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, 1861-1954[3]



























































































































































































































Picture
Name
Assumed Office
Left Office

President Appointed By

Secretary Served Under

Gustavus Fox.jpg

Gustavus Fox
August 1, 1861
November 26, 1866

Abraham Lincoln

Gideon Welles

William Faxon.jpg

William Faxon
June 1, 1866
March 3, 1869

Andrew Johnson

Gideon Welles, Adolph Edward Borie, George Maxwell Robeson, Richard Wigginton Thompson, Nathan Goff, Jr., William Henry Hunt, William Eaton Chandler, William Collins Whitney

James R. Soley.jpg

James R. Soley
July 18, 1890
March 19, 1893

Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Franklin Tracy

William McAdooNJ.jpg

William McAdoo
March 20, 1893
April 18, 1897

Grover Cleveland

Hilary Abner Herbert

Theodore Roosevelt, New York City police commissioner.jpg

Theodore Roosevelt
April 19, 1897
May 10, 1898

William McKinley

John Davis Long

Charles Herbert Allen, 1898.jpg

Charles Herbert Allen
May 11, 1898
April 21, 1900

William McKinley

John Davis Long

Frank W. Hackett (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).jpg

Frank W. Hackett
April 24, 1900
December 16, 1901

William McKinley

John Davis Long

Charles Hial Darling.jpg

Charles Hial Darling
December 17, 1901
October 30, 1905

Theodore Roosevelt

John Davis Long, William Henry Moody, Paul Morton, Charles Joseph Bonaparte

Truman Handy Newberry.jpg

Truman Handy Newberry
November 1, 1905
November 30, 1908

Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Victor Howard Metcalf

Herbert Livingston Satterlee circa 1900.jpg

Herbert L. Satterlee
December 3, 1908
March 5, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt

Truman Handy Newberry

Beekman Winthrop by George Bain (cropped).jpg

Beekman Winthrop
March 6, 1909
March 16, 1913

William Howard Taft

George von Lengerke Meyer

Franklin Roosevelt Secretary of the Navy 1913.jpg

Franklin D. Roosevelt
March 17, 1913
August 26, 1920

Woodrow Wilson

Josephus Daniels

Gordon Woodbury (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).jpg

Gordon Woodbury
August 27, 1920
March 9, 1921

Woodrow Wilson

Josephus Daniels

LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
March 10, 1921
September 30, 1924

Warren Harding

Edwin Denby

Theodore Douglas Robinson (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).jpg

Theodore Douglas Robinson
November 11, 1924
March 4, 1929

Calvin Coolidge

Curtis Dwight Wilbur

Ernest Lee Jahncke - Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy in 1930.jpg

Ernest L. Jahncke
April 1, 1929
March 17, 1933

Herbert Hoover

Charles Francis Adams III

Henry Latrobe Roosevelt (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).jpg

Henry L. Roosevelt
March 17, 1933
February 22, 1936

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Claude Augustus Swanson

Charles Edison.jpg

Charles Edison
January 18, 1937
January 1, 1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Claude Augustus Swanson

Lewis Compton (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).jpg

Lewis Compton
February 9, 1940
January 10, 1941

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Charles Edison

Asst Navy Sec Ralph A Bard.jpg

Ralph Austin Bard
February 24, 1941
June 24, 1944

Franklin D. Roosevelt

William Franklin Knox

Streuve Hensel (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).jpg

H. Struve Hensel
January 30, 1945
February 28, 1946

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman



James Vincent Forrestal

W. John Kenney.jpg

W. John Kenney
March 1, 1946
September 19, 1947

Harry S. Truman

James Vincent Forrestal

Mark E. Andrews (Assistant Secretary of the Navy).jpg

Mark E. Andrews
January 21, 1948
February 15, 1949

Harry S. Truman

John L. Sullivan


John T. Koehler
February 18, 1949
October 3, 1951

Harry S. Truman

Francis P. Matthews

Herbert R Askins.jpg

Herbert R. Askins
October 3, 1951
January 20, 1953

Harry S. Truman

Dan A. Kimball


Raymond H. Fogler
June 22, 1953
October 4, 1954

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Robert B. Anderson, Charles S. Thomas


Defunct Offices Bearing the Title of "Assistant Secretary of the Navy"






































Office Name
Year Created
Year Abolished

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR)
1926
1959

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Logistics)
ca. 1960s?
ca. 1970s?

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Material)
ca. 1950s?
ca. 1950s?

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development)
1959
1977

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering and Systems)
1977
1990

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics)

1990


See also



  • Secretary of the Navy

  • United States Department of the Navy



External links




  • 80.3.1 Records of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1798-1947 (Record Group 80) 1804-1958, from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration


  • Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C. Source for papers and photos of various Assistant Secretaries of the Navy


  • Navy Organization – The Secretariat An organizational chart for the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, Dept. of the Navy



References





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  2. ^ "Theodore Roosevelt and the Navy by The Theodore Roosevelt Assopciation". Theodoreroosevelt.org. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2013-06-17.


  3. ^ "Source: Naval Historical Center Roster List at". History.navy.mil. Retrieved 2013-06-17.












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