The Bureau of Yards and Docks (abbrev.: BuDocks) was the branch of the United States Navy responsible from 1842 to 1966 for building and maintaining navy yards, drydocks, and other facilities relating to ship construction, maintenance, and repair.
Agency overview | |
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Formed | August 31, 1842 |
Dissolved | May 1, 1966 |
Jurisdiction | United States |
Parent department | Department of the Navy |
The Bureau was established on August 31, 1842 by an act of Congress (5 Stat. 579), as one of the five bureaus replacing the Board of Naval Commissioners established in 1815. Originally established as the Bureau of Naval Yards and Docks, the branch was renamed the Bureau of Yards and Docks in 1862.
The Bureau was abolished effective in 1966 as part of the Department of Defense's reorganization of its material establishment, being replaced by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).
Chiefs of the Bureau
edit# | Image | Name | Rank | Term Start | Term End |
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1 | Lewis Warrington | Captain | 1842 | 1846 | |
2 | Joseph Smith | Captain | 1846 | 1869 | |
3 | Daniel Ammen | Captain | 1869 | 1871 | |
4 | Christopher R. P. Rodgers | Commodore | 1871 | 1874 | |
5 | John C. Howell | Commodore | 1874 | 1878 | |
6 | Richard L. Law | Commodore | 1878 | 1881 | |
7 | Edward T. Nichols | Rear Admiral | 1881 | 1885 | |
8 | David B. Harmony | Commodore | 1885 | 1889 | |
9 | George D. White | Commodore | 1889 | 1890 | |
10 | Norman H. Farquhar | Commodore | 1890 | 1894 | |
11 | Edmund O. Matthews | Commodore | 1894 | 1898 | |
12 | Mordecai T. Endicott | Rear Admiral | 1898 | 1907 | |
13 | Harry H. Rousseau | Lieutenant | 1907 | 1907 | |
14 | Richard C. Hollyday | Rear Admiral | 1907 | 1912 | |
15 | Homer R. Stanford | Rear Admiral | 1912 | 1916 | |
16 | Frederick R. Harris | Rear Admiral | 1916 | 1917 | |
17 | Charles W. Parks | Rear Admiral | 1918 | 1921 | |
18 | Luther E. Gregory | Rear Admiral | 1921 | 1929 | |
19 | Archibald L. Parsons | Rear Admiral | 1929 | 1933 | |
20 | Norman M. Smith | Rear Admiral | 1933 | 1937 | |
21 | Ben Moreell | Rear Admiral | 1937 | 1945 | |
22 | John J. Manning | Rear Admiral | 1945 | 1949 | |
23 | Joseph F. Jelley, Jr. | Rear Admiral | 1949 | 1953 | |
24 | John R. Perry | Rear Admiral | 1953 | 1955 | |
25 | Robert H. Meade | Rear Admiral | 1955 | 1959 | |
26 | Eugene J. Peltier | Rear Admiral | 1959 | 1962 | |
27 | Peter Corradi | Rear Admiral | 1962 | 1965 | |
28 | Alexander C. Husband | Rear Admiral | 1965 | 1966 |
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
# | Image | Name | Rank | Term Start | Term End |
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29 | Walter Enger | Rear Admiral | 1969 | 1973 | |
30 | Albert R. Marschall | Rear Admiral | 1973 | 1977 | |
31 | Donald G. Iselin | Rear Admiral | 1977 | 1981 | |
32 | William M. Zobel | Rear Admiral | 1981 | 1984 | |
33 | John Paul Jones Jr. | Rear Admiral | 1984 | 1987 | |
34 | Benjamin F. Montoya | Rear Admiral | 1987 | 1989 | |
35 | David E. Bottorff | Rear Admiral | 1989 | 1992 | |
36 | Jack E. Buffington | Rear Admiral | 1992 | 1995 | |
37 | David J. Nash | Rear Admiral | 1995 | 1998 | |
38 | Louis M. Smith | Rear Admiral | 1998 | 2000 | |
39 | Michael R. Johnson | Rear Admiral | 2000 | 2003 | |
40 | Michael K. Loose | Rear Admiral | 2003 | 2006 | |
41 | Wayne G. Shear | Rear Admiral | 2006 | 2010 | |
42 | Christopher J. Mossey | Rear Admiral | 2010 | 2012 | |
43 | Katherine L. Gregory | Rear Admiral | 2012 | 2014 |
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
# | Image | Name | Rank | Term Start | Term End |
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44 | Bret J. Muilenburg | Rear Admiral | 2015 | 2018 | |
45 | John W. Korka | Rear Admiral | 2018 | present |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Bureau of Yards and Docks". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- This article contains public domain information from the United States National Archives and Records Administration.
External links
edit- "Records of the Bureau of Yards And Docks". National Archives and Records Administration. 2014.
- Activities of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department. World War 1917–1918. Washington: GPO. 1921.
- Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940–1946. Washington: GPO. 1947.