Under Secretary of the Navy

Under Secretary of the Navy
Appointed by	The President with the advice and consent of the Senate
Incumbent	Robert C. Martinage (acting)
Personal details
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).

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.

Robert C. Martinage is currently Acting Under Secretary.

Under Secretaries of the Navy, 1940—Present

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	April 21, 2013	Barack Obama	Ray Mabus