Senior Officers,
This is a list of the US Navy’s senior line officers as of
recently retired officers. It shows the type of assignments given to the service’s highest
ranking officers.
NAME |
RANK |
SIGNAL NUMBER |
STATION |
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1 |
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William V. Pratt |
Admiral |
2 |
Chief of Naval Operations |
Louis M. Nulton |
Rear Admiral |
3 |
Commandant, 1st Naval District & Navy Yard,
|
W. W. Phelps |
Rear Admiral |
4 |
Commandant, 3rd Naval |
William C. Cole |
Rear Admiral |
5 |
Retired, |
Jehu V. Chase |
Rear Admiral |
6 |
Chairman, General Board |
George R. Marvell |
Rear Admiral |
7 |
Member, General Board |
M. M. Taylor |
Admiral |
8 |
Asiatic Fleet |
Charles McVay, Jr. |
Rear Admiral |
9 |
Retired, |
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10 |
|
L. A. Bostwick |
Rear Admiral |
11 |
Commandant, 4th Naval District & Navy Yard,
|
William A. Moffett |
Rear Admiral |
12 |
Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics |
Frank H. Schofield |
Rear Admiral |
13 |
Member, General Board |
A. L. Willard |
Rear Admiral |
14 |
Commandant, 5th Naval District &d Naval
Operating Base, |
Henry H. Hough |
Rear Admiral |
15 |
Base |
H. H. Christy |
Rear Admiral |
16 |
Commandant 8th Naval District & Naval
Station, |
Noble E. Irwin |
Rear Admiral |
17 |
Commandant, 15th Naval District & Naval Station, Balboa |
T. J. Senn |
Rear Admiral |
18 |
Commandant, 11th Naval District & Naval
Operating Base, |
Richard H. Leigh |
Admiral |
19 |
|
G. W. Laws |
Rear Admiral |
20 |
Commandant, 12th Naval District & Naval
Operating Base, |
G. C. Day |
Rear Admiral |
21 |
President, Inspection Division |
Luke McNamee |
Admiral |
22 |
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23 |
|
Yates Striling, Jr. |
Rear Admiral |
24 |
Commandant, 14th Naval District & Navy
Yard, |
Joel R. Pringle |
Vice Admiral |
25 |
Died, |
F. H. Clark |
Vice Admiral |
26 |
Scouting Force |
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27 |
|
W. S. Crosley |
Rear Admiral |
28 |
Battleship Division Three |
Frank B. Upham |
Rear Admiral |
29 |
Chief, Bureau of Navigation |
David F. Sellers |
Vice Admiral |
30 |
Battleships, |
R. McLean |
Rear Admiral |
31 |
Navy Budget Officer |
J. M. Reeves |
Rear Admiral |
32 |
Commandant, Navy Yard, |
Frank Brumby |
Rear Admiral |
33* |
Battleship Division One |
E. H. Campbell |
Rear Admiral |
33* |
Commandant, 13th naval District & Navy
Yard, |
Harris Laning |
Rear Admiral |
34 |
President, Naval |
H. V. Butler |
Rear Admiral |
35 |
Commandant, Navy Yard, Washington & Naval Gun Factory |
J. J. Raby |
Rear Admiral |
36 |
Commandant, 6th & 7th Naval
Districts and Navy Yard, |
William H. Standley |
Vice Admiral |
37 |
Cruisers, Scouting Force |
Thomas T. Craven |
Rear Admiral |
38 |
Chief Coordinator, Bureau of Budget |
Wat. T. Cluverius |
Rear Admiral |
39 |
Commandant, 9th Naval District & Naval
Training Station |
Arthur W. Marshall |
Rear Admiral |
40 |
Train Squadron One, Base Force |
Harry E. Yarnell |
Rear Admiral |
41 |
Aircraft, |
Arthur J. Hepburn |
Rear Admiral |
42 |
Duty in Office of CNO |
Thomas C. Hart |
Rear Admiral |
43 |
Superintendent, Naval Academy |
Oren G. Murfin |
Rear Admiral |
44 |
Judge Advocate General |
William R. Sexton |
Rear Admiral |
45 |
Assistant Chief of Naval Operations |
William D. Leahy |
Rear Admiral |
46 |
Destroyers, Scouting Force |
Walter R. Gherardi |
Rear Admiral |
47 |
Hydrographer of the Navy |
A. St. C. Smith |
Rear Admiral |
48 |
Special Service Squadron |
C. S. Kempff |
Rear Admiral |
49 |
Commandant, Nay Yard, |
John Halligan |
Rear Admiral |
50 |
Aircraft, Scouting Force |
W. T. Tarrant |
Rear Admiral |
51 |
Cruiser Division Four |
George T. Pettengill |
Rear Admiral |
52 |
Commander, Submarine Base/Naval Mine Depot, |
E. B. Fenner |
Rear Admiral |
53 |
Cruiser Division Two |
W. C. Watts |
Rear Admiral |
54 |
Minecraft, |
Y. S. Williams |
Rear Admiral |
55 |
Yangtze Patrol, Asiatic Fleet |
Joseph K. Taussig |
Rear Admiral |
56 |
|
Claude C. Bloch |
Rear Admiral |
57 |
Training Squadron, Scouting Force |
Edward C. Kalbfus |
Rear Admiral |
58 |
Destroyers, |
Clark H. Woodward |
Rear Admiral |
59 |
Cruiser Division Three |
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60 |
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61 |
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62 |
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63 |
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64 |
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65 |
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66 |
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67 |
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68 |
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69 |
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70 |
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71 |
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72 |
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73 |
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74 |
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75 |
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76 |
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Z. E. Briggs |
Captain |
77 |
Chief of Staff, 13th Naval District |
Clarence A. Abele |
Captain |
78 |
Retired |
T. L. Johnson |
Captain |
79 |
Commandant & Manager, Naval Station, |
V. A. Kimberly |
Captain |
80 |
Chief of Staff, 12th Naval District |
H. E. Lackey |
Rear Admiral |
81 |
Pacific Section, Inspection Division |
Cyrus W. Cole |
Rear Admiral |
82 |
Head, Division of Fleet Training |
John W. Greenslade |
Rear Admiral |
83 |
Submarine Force |
C. P. Nelson |
Captain |
84 |
Bureau of Budget Coordinator, 7th Area |
Charles E. Courtney |
Captain |
85 |
Commandant, 16th Naval District & Navy
Yard, |
A. E. Watson |
Rear Admiral |
86 |
Member, General Board |
H. L. Brinser |
Rear Admiral |
87 |
Member, General Board |
E. B. Larimer |
Rear Admiral |
88 |
Chief, Bureau of Ordnance |
F. L. Pinney |
Captain |
89 |
Inspector of Ordnance in Charge, Naval Torpedo Station |
F. J. Horne |
Captain |
90 |
Chief of Staff, 14th Naval District |
A. W. Johnson |
Captain |
91 |
Assistant to Chief, BuNav |
R. E. Pope |
Captain |
92 |
Chief of Staff, |
Charles P. Snyder |
Captain |
93 |
Chief of Staff, Battleships, |
J. R. Defrees |
Captain |
94 |
Chief of Staff, Scouting Force |
J. J. Hyland |
Captain |
95 |
Inspector of Naval Material, New York District |
S. W. Bryant |
Captain |
96 |
Head, War Plans Division |
E. S. Jackson |
Captain |
97 |
Member, General Board |
H. L. Wyman |
Captain |
98 |
Under Instruction, |
J. F. Hellweg |
Captain |
99 |
Superintendent, Naval Observatory |
S. Gannon |
Captain |
100 |
Naval Training Station, |
R. Morris |
Captain |
101 |
USS Maryland |
J. D. Wainwright |
Captain |
102 |
Under Instruction, |
G. W. Steele |
Captain |
103 |
USS Saratoga |
S. H. R. Doyle |
Captain |
104 |
Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, |
C. S. Freeman |
Captain |
105 |
Bureau of Budget Coordinator, 9th Area |
P. B. Dungan |
Captain |
106 |
Manager, Industrial Department, Navy Yard, |
H. H. Royall |
Captain |
107 |
Member, Naval Examining and Retiring Boards |
W. R. Sayles |
Captain |
108 |
Chief of Staff, 3rd Naval District |
K. G. Castleman |
Captain |
109 |
Naval |
H. K. Cage |
Captain |
110 |
Chief of Staff, Cruisers, Scouting Force |
W. K. Wortman |
Captain |
111 |
Branch Hydrographic Office, |
Hayne Ellis |
Captain |
112 |
Director of Naval Intelligence |
F. D. Berrien |
Captain |
113 |
Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, |
C. R. Train |
Captain |
114 |
Under Instruction, |
Hugo W. Osterhaus |
Captain |
115 |
Submarine Squadron Four & Submarine Base, |
W. N. Jeffers |
Captain |
116 |
Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, |
Ernest J. King |
Captain |
117 |
Under Instruction, |
A. G. Howe |
Captain |
118 |
Member, Naval Examining and Retiring Boards |
L. Shane |
Captain |
119 |
Duty at Headquarters, 1st Naval District |
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120 |
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R. D. White |
Captain |
121 |
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W. K. Riddle |
Captain |
122 |
Chief of Staff, 5th Naval District |
J. G. Church |
Captain |
123 |
Chief of Staff, 11th Naval District |
H. C. Cocke |
Captain |
124 |
USS New Mexico |
B. T. Bulmer |
Captain |
125 |
Manager, Industrial Department, Navy Yard, |
G. B. Landenberger |
Captain |
126 |
Governor and Commandant, |
Adolphus Andrews |
Captain |
127 |
Chief of Staff, |
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128 |
|
H. E. Cook |
Captain |
129 |
USS Idaho |
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130 |
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B. B. Wygant |
Captain |
131 |
USS Colorado |
M. H. Simons |
Captain |
132 |
USS Chicago |
I. E. Bass |
Captain |
133 |
Chief of Staff, Asiatic Fleet |
W. S. Pye |
Captain |
134 |
USS Nevada |
B. C. Allen |
Captain |
135 |
Destroyer Squadron Four |
A. P. Fairfield |
Captain |
136 |
Under Instruction, |
W. N. Vernou |
Captain |
137 |
Naval Aide to President |
P. W. Foote |
Captain |
138 |
USS Arkansas |
F. R. McCrary |
Captain |
139 |
Under Instruction, |
G. F. Neal |
Captain |
140 |
USS New York |
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141 |
|
W. H. Allen |
Captain |
142 |
Destroyer Squadron Two |
J. Downes |
Captain |
143 |
Head, Naval Reserve Personnel Division, Bureau of Navigation |
J. L. Hileman |
Captain |
144 |
Inspector of Machinery and Navigational Material, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp |
J. B. Gay |
Captain |
145 |
Chief of Staff, 1st Naval District |
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146 |
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J. V. Babcock |
Captain |
147 |
Professor of Naval Science and tactics, |
James O. Richardson |
Captain |
148 |
USS Augusta |
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149 |
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G. J. Meyers |
Captain |
150 |
Duty in War Plans Division |
E. J. Marquart |
Captain |
151 |
USS Louisville |
D. C. Bingham |
Captain |
152 |
Duty in Navy Budget Office |
L. B. Porterfield |
Captain |
153 |
Receiving Ship, |
G. J. Rowcliff |
Captain |
154 |
Naval Training Station, |
J. P. Lannon |
Captain |
155 |
Director, Naval Districts Division, Office of the CNO |
R. F. Zogbaum, jr. |
Captain |
156 |
Naval Air Station, |
H. G. S. Wallace |
Captain |
157 |
Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, |
R. R. Adams |
Captain |
158 |
Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Boston & Receiving Ship, |
R. P. Craft |
Captain |
159 |
Head, Officer Personnel Division, Bureau of Navigation |
A. Staton |
Captain |
160 |
Duty with Director of Budget |
D. A. Weaver |
Captain |
161 |
Naval Training Station & Receiving Station, |
M. E. Nichols |
Captain |
162 |
Under Instruction, |
O. C. Dowling |
Captain |
163 |
Destroyer Squadron Three |
C. W. Early |
Captain |
164 |
|
J. C. Townsend |
Captain |
165 |
USS Texas |
W. Brown |
Captain |
166 |
USS California |
C. Bean |
Captain |
167 |
Member, Naval Examining and Retiring Boards |
R. C. Davis |
Captain |
168 |
Inspector General, Bureau of Engineering |
W. D. Puleston |
Captain |
169 |
USS Mississippi |
F. C. Martin |
Captain |
170 |
Inspector of Ordnance in Charge, Naval Ammunition Depot, |
S. C. Rowan |
Captain |
171 |
Staff, Naval |
W. S. Anderson |
Captain |
172 |
USS West Virginia |
H. D. Cooke |
Captain |
173 |
USS Oklahoma |
S. M. Robinson |
Rear Admiral |
174 |
Chief, Bureau of Engineering |
W. W. Smyth |
Captain |
175 |
USS Tennessee |
Ralston S. Holmes |
Captain |
176 |
Commandant of Midshipmen, Naval Academy |
W. J. Giles |
Captain |
177 |
USS Pennsylvania |
F. B. Freyer |
Captain |
178 |
Branch Hydrographic Office, |
E. P. Finney |
Captain |
179 |
Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, |
R. A. Koch |
Captain |
180 |
Staff, Naval |
C. S. Kerrick |
Captain |
181 |
USS Arizona |
L. R. Leahy |
Captain |
182 |
Inspector, Northeastern Recruiting Division & Officer-in-Charge, Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York |
M. S. Davis |
Captain |
183 |
Staff, Naval |
S. C. Loomis |
Captain |
184 |
Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Philadelphia & Receiving
Ship, |
C. A. Blakely |
Captain |
185 |
USS Lexington |
M. Milne |
Captain |
186 |
Naval Attaché, |
W. R. Van Auken |
Captain |
187 |
Staff, Naval |
Harold R. Stark |
Captain |
188 |
Aide to Secretary of the Navy |
J. D. Wilson |
Captain |
189 |
Captain of Yard, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor & Receiving
Ship, |
E. Friederick |
Captain |
190 |
Duty at Headquarters, 11th Naval District |
M. K. Metcalfe |
Captain |
191 |
USS Chester |
W. Ancrum |
Captain |
192 |
Duty at |
J. S. Abbott |
Captain |
193 |
Inspector, Central Recruiting Division |
T. H. Taylor |
Captain |
194 |
USS Northampton |
Frank H. Sadler |
Captain |
195 |
Head, |
David M. LeBreton |
Captain |
196 |
Naval Attaché, Paris |
Andrew C. Pickens |
Captain |
197 |
Under Instruction, |
N. H. Wright |
Captain |
198 |
Duty in Inspection Division, Office of the CNO |
Husband Kimmel |
Captain |
199 |
Director, Ships’ Movements Division, Office of the CNO |
R. A. Dawes |
Captain |
200 |
USS Houston |
Two officers appear to have signal number 33; I have listed them in alphabetical order.
I assume that for signal numbers where no officers are listed, they retired or died between
January 1, 1932 and July 1, 1932.