No.
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Name
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Assumed office
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Left office
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President appointed by
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Secretary served under
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1
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File:James Forrestal - SecOfDef.jpg
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James V. Forrestal
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August 22, 1940
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May 16, 1944
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
Frank Knox
|
2
|
File:Ralph A. Bard cph.3a40857.jpg
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Ralph A. Bard
|
June 24, 1944
|
June 30, 1945
|
James Forrestal
|
3
|
|
Artemus Gates
|
July 3, 1945
|
December 31, 1945
|
Harry S. Truman
|
4
|
File:John L Sullivan SecofNavy.jpg
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John L. Sullivan
|
June 17, 1946
|
September 18, 1947
|
5
|
File:W. John Kenney.jpg
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W. John Kenney
|
September 19, 1947
|
September 24, 1949
|
John L. Sullivan
|
6
|
File:DanAKimball.jpg
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Dan A. Kimball
|
May 25, 1949
|
July 31, 1951
|
Francis P. Matthews
|
7
|
|
Francis P. Whitehair
|
August 7, 1951
|
January 29, 1953
|
Dan A. Kimball
|
8
|
File:CharlesSThomas Cropped.jpg
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Charles S. Thomas
|
February 9, 1953
|
August 5, 1953
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
Robert B. Anderson
|
9
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File:Thomas Gates official DoD photo.jpg
|
Thomas S. Gates Jr.
|
October 7, 1953
|
April 1, 1957
|
Robert B. Anderson Charles Thomas
|
10
|
File:William B Franke Navy Sec.jpg
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William B. Franke
|
April 17, 1957
|
June 7, 1959
|
Thomas S. Gates Jr.
|
11
|
File:FredBantz.jpg
|
Fred A. Bantz
|
June 8, 1959
|
January 20, 1961
|
William B. Franke
|
12
|
File:PaulBFay.jpg
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Paul B. Fay
|
February 16, 1961
|
January 15, 1965
|
John F. Kennedy
|
John Connally Fred Korth Paul Nitze
|
13
|
File:Kenneth E. BeLieu.jpg
|
Kenneth E. BeLieu
|
February 26, 1965
|
July 1, 1965
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
|
Paul Nitze
|
14
|
|
Robert H. B. Baldwin
|
July 2, 1965
|
July 31, 1967
|
15
|
|
Charles F. Baird
|
August 1, 1967
|
January 20, 1969
|
Paul Robert Ignatius
|
16
|
File:John W Warner Sec of Navy (cropped).jpg
|
John Warner
|
February 11, 1969
|
May 4, 1972
|
Richard Nixon
|
John Chafee
|
17
|
|
Frank P. Sanders
|
May 5, 1972
|
June 29, 1973
|
John Warner
|
18
|
File:JohnWilliamMiddendorf.jpg
|
J. William Middendorf
|
August 3, 1973
|
June 20, 1974
|
19
|
|
David S. Potter
|
August 28, 1974
|
April 1, 1976
|
Gerald Ford
|
J. William Middendorf
|
20
|
|
David R. Macdonald
|
September 14, 1976
|
February 4, 1977
|
21
|
File:R James Woolsey.jpg
|
R. James Woolsey Jr.
|
March 9, 1977
|
December 7, 1979
|
Jimmy Carter
|
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
|
22
|
|
Robert J. Murray
|
February 7, 1980
|
September 29, 1981
|
Edward Hidalgo John Lehman
|
23
|
|
James F. Goodrich
|
September 29, 1981
|
August 6, 1987
|
Ronald Reagan
|
John Lehman
|
24
|
File:H. Lawrence GarrettSecretary of the Navy - DPLA - fd6c869685b753e138146fd01e7471c5.jpeg
|
Henry L. Garrett III
|
August 6, 1987
|
May 15, 1989
|
Jim Webb William L. Ball
|
25
|
File:J. Daniel Howard, Under Secretary of the Navy (1).jpg
|
J. Daniel Howard
|
August 7, 1989
|
January 20, 1993
|
George H. W. Bush
|
Henry L. Garrett III Sean O'Keefe
|
26
|
File:Richard Danzig, official Navy photo.jpg
|
Richard J. Danzig
|
November 29, 1993
|
May 30, 1997
|
Bill Clinton
|
John Howard Dalton
|
27
|
File:Jerry MacArthur Hultin.jpg
|
Jerry MacArthur Hultin
|
November 13, 1997
|
July 14, 2000
|
John Howard Dalton Richard Danzig
|
28
|
File:Robert Pirie, official photo portrait, circa 2001.jpg
|
Robert B. Pirie Jr.
|
October 12, 2000
|
June 6, 2001
|
Richard Danzig
|
29
|
File:Susan Livingstonecrop.jpg
|
Susan M. Livingstone
|
July 26, 2001
|
February 28, 2003
|
George W. Bush
|
Gordon R. England
|
30
|
File:AvilesDionel.jpg
|
Dionel M. Aviles
|
October 8, 2004
|
May 19, 2009[3]
|
Gordon R. England Donald C. Winter
|
31
|
File:Robert O Work.jpg
|
Robert O. Work
|
May 19, 2009
|
March 22, 2013
|
Barack Obama
|
Ray Mabus
|
32
|
File:Janine A. Davidson (3).jpg
|
Janine A. Davidson
|
March 17, 2016
|
January 20, 2017
|
–
|
File:Thomas P. Dee official photo (cropped).jpg
|
Thomas P. Dee (acting)
|
February 17, 2017[4]
|
December 4, 2017
|
Donald Trump
|
Richard V. Spencer
|
33
|
File:Thomas B. Modly (cropped).jpg
|
Thomas B. Modly
|
December 4, 2017
|
April 7, 2020[5][6]
|
–
|
File:Greg Slavonic official photo 2 (cropped).jpg
|
Gregory J. Slavonic (acting)
|
April 24, 2020
|
January 20, 2021
|
James E. McPherson (acting) Kenneth J. Braithwaite
|
–
|
File:James F. Geurts (2) (cropped).jpg
|
James F. Geurts (acting)
|
February 4, 2021
|
August 24, 2021
|
Joe Biden
|
Thomas Harker (acting)
|
–
|
File:Meredith Berger Navy Photo.jpg
|
Meredith A. Berger (Performing the Duties of)
|
August 25, 2021
|
April 13, 2022
|
Carlos Del Toro
|
34
|
File:Erik K. Raven, Navy Under Secretary.jpg
|
Erik Raven
|
April 13, 2022
|
August 2024
|
–
|
File:Official portrait of Thomas Mancinelli.jpg
|
Thomas Mancinelli (acting)
|
August 20, 2024[7]
|
Incumbent
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