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United States Secretary of the Navy
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Incumbent
Hung Cao
Acting 
since April 22, 2026
Department of the Navy
StyleMister Secretary
The Honorable (formally)
AbbreviationSECNAV
Reports toSecretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
AppointerThe president
with Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument10 U.S.C. § 8013
Formation18 June 1798; 228 years ago (18 June 1798)
First holderBenjamin Stoddert
Succession3rd in SecDef succession
DeputyUnder Secretary
(Principal Civilian Deputy)
Chief of Naval Operations
(Navy Advisor and Deputy)
Commandant
(Marine Corps Advisor and Deputy)
SalaryExecutive Schedule, level II
Websitewww.secnav.navy.mil

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The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer (Template:UnitedStatesCode) and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. On April 22, 2026, Hung Cao became acting Secretary of the Navy following the removal of John Phelan.[1]

By law, the secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least seven years removed from active military service (Template:UnitedStatesCode). The secretary is appointed by the president and requires confirmation by the Senate.

History

The position of Secretary of the Navy was created in 1798. It was a member of the president's Cabinet until 1949, when the secretary of the Navy (and the secretaries of the Army and Air Force) were by amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 made subordinate to the secretary of defense.[2]

From 2001 to 2019, proposals to rename the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, which would have also renamed the secretary of the Navy to the secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps, were introduced with wide support in the United States Congress, but failed due to the opposition of Senator and retired U.S. Navy officer John McCain.[3]

Responsibilities

The Department of the Navy (DoN) consists of two uniformed services: the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.[4] The secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has statutory authority (Template:UnitedStatesCode) to "conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy", i.e. as its chief executive officer, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the president and the secretary of defense. In effect, all authority within the Navy and Marine Corps, unless specifically exempted by law, is derivative of the authority vested in the secretary of the Navy.

Specifically enumerated responsibilities of the SECNAV in the aforementioned section are: recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment, and facilities. SECNAV is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the president or the secretary of defense.[5][6]

The secretary of the Navy is a member of the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB), chaired by the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. Furthermore, the secretary has several statutory responsibilities under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) with respect to the administration of the military justice system for the Navy & the Marine Corps, including the authority to convene general courts-martial and to commute sentences.

The principal military advisers to the SECNAV are the two service chiefs of the naval services: for matters regarding the Navy the chief of naval operations (CNO), and for matters regarding the Marine Corps the commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC). The CNO and the Commandant act as the principal executive agents of the SECNAV within their respective services to implement the orders of the secretary.

The United States Navy Regulations is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the Navy, and all changes to it must be approved by the secretary of the Navy.

U.S. Coast Guard

Whenever the United States Coast Guard operates as a service within the Department of the Navy, the secretary of the Navy has the same powers and duties with respect to the Coast Guard as the secretary of homeland security when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.[7]

The Office of the Secretary of the Navy, also known within DoD as the Navy Secretariat or simply just as the Secretariat in a DoN setting, is the immediate headquarters staff that supports the secretary in discharging their duties. The principal officials of the Secretariat include the Under Secretary of the Navy (the secretary's principal civilian deputy), the assistant secretaries of the Navy (ASN), the general counsel of the Navy, the judge advocate general of the Navy (JAG), the Naval inspector general (NIG), the chief of Legislative Affairs, and the chief of naval research. The Office of the Secretary of the Navy has sole responsibility within the Department of the Navy for acquisition, auditing, financial and information management, legislative affairs, and public affairs.[8]

Pursuant to SecNavInst 5090.5F, the Department of the Navy Environmental Programs Manual, the secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations recognize a number of commands annually for achievements in such areas as environmental quality, environmental cleanup, natural resources conservation, cultural resources management, pollution prevention, and recycling.[9]

The chief of naval operations and the commandant of the Marine Corps have their own separate staffs, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (also known by its acronym OPNAV) and Headquarters Marine Corps, respectively.

Line of Succession

If the Secretary of the Navy dies, resigns, is removed from office, is absent, or is disabled the people in the follow order serve as Acting Secretary[10]:

# Office
1 Under Secretary of the Navy
2* 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 (Energy, Installations and Environment)
3 General Counsel of the Department of the Navy
4 Chief of Naval Operations
5 Commandant of the Marine Corps
*Order of Succession is determined by the Secretary of Defense

Secretaries of the Navy

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[11]

Continental Congress

Position Portrait Name Term of office
Chairman of the Marine Committee File:Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, c. 1800-1815, NGA 42933.jpg John Adams 13 October 1775 – 1779
Member of the Marine Committee File:John langdon.jpg John Langdon 13 October 1775–?
Member of the Marine Committee File:Silas Deane - Du Simitier and B.L. Prevost.jpg Silas Deane 13 October 1775–?
Member of the Marine Committee File:Joseph Hewes.png Joseph Hewes 1775[12]
Continental Navy Board
(under Marine Committee) 		6 November 1776 – 28 October 1779
Chairman of the Continental Board of Admiralty File:Francis Lewis.jpg Francis Lewis December 1779 – 1780
Secretary of Marine File:AlexanderMcdougall.jpg Alexander McDougall 7 February 1781 – 29 August 1781
Agent of Marine
(devolved onto Superintendent of Finance) 		File:Robert Morris by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1782 (New Orleans Mus of Art 78.2) - wide crop.jpg Robert Morris 29 August 1781 – 1784[13]

(Post of Secretary of Marine created but remained vacant)

Executive Department, 1798–1949

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(1945–1953)
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Military Department (Department of Defense), 1949–present

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(1981–1989)
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See also

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