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Former bureau of the U.S. Navy (1842-1966)
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Bureau of Yards and Docks logo
Active 31 August 1842-
5 March 1966 (abolished) Country United States Branch
USN
Military unit
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.
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
Captain
Lewis Warrington , 1842–1846
[1]
Captain
Joseph Smith , 1846–1869
[1]
Captain
Daniel Ammen , 1869–1871
[1]
Commodore
Christopher R. P. Rodgers , 1871–1874
[1]
Commodore
John C. Howell , 1874–1878
[1]
Commodore Richard L. Law, 1878–1881
[1]
Rear Admiral
Edward T. Nichols , 1881–1885
[1]
Commodore
David B. Harmony , 1885–1889
[1]
Commodore George D. White, 1889–1890
[1]
Commodore
Norman H. Farquhar , 1890–1894
[1]
Commodore Edmund O. Matthews, 1894–1898
[1]
Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott, 1898–1907
[1]
Rear Admiral Harry H. Rousseau, 1907
[1]
Rear Admiral Richard C. Hollyday, 1907–1912
[1]
Rear Admiral Homer R. Stanford, 1912–1916
[1]
Rear Admiral Frederick R. Harris, 1916–1917
[1]
Rear Admiral Charles W. Parks, 1918–1921
[1]
Rear Admiral Luther E. Gregory, 1921–1929
[1]
Rear Admiral Archibald L. Parsons, 1929–1933
[1]
Rear Admiral Norman M. Smith, 1933–1937
[1]
Rear Admiral
Ben Moreell , 1937–1945
[1]
Rear Admiral John J. Manning, 1945–1949
[1]
Rear Admiral Joseph F. Jelley, Jr., 1949–1953
[1]
Rear Admiral
John R. Perry , 1953–1955
[1]
Rear Admiral Robert H. Meade, 1955–1959
[1]
Rear Admiral Eugene J. Peltier, 1959–1962
[1]
Rear Admiral Peter Corradi, 1962–1965
[1]
Rear Admiral Alexander C. Husband, 1965–1966
[1]
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Rear Admiral Walter Enger, 1969–1973
[1]
Rear Admiral Albert R. Marchall, 1973–1977
[1]
Rear Admiral Donal G. Iselin, 1977–1981
[1]
Rear Admiral William M. Zobel, 1981–1984
[1]
Rear Admiral John Paul Jones Jr., 1984–1987
[1]
Rear Admiral
Benjamin F. Montoya , 1987–1989
[1]
Rear Admiral David Bottoroff, 1989–1992
[1]
Rear Admiral Jack E. Buffington, 1992–1995
[1]
Rear Admiral David J. Nash, 1995–1998
[1]
Rear Admiral Louis M Smith, 1998–2000
[1]
Rear Admiral Michael R. Johnson, 2000–2003
[1]
Rear Admiral Michael K. Loose, 2003–2006
[1]
Rear Admiral Wayne G. Shear, 2006–2010
[1]
Rear Admiral Christopher J. Mossey, 2010–2012
[1]
Rear Admiral Katherine L. Gregory, 2012–2014
[1]
Rear Admiral Bret J. Muilenburg, 2015–2018
[1]
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
Rear Admiral John Korka, 2018–2022
[1]
Rear Admiral Dean VanderLey, 2022–Present
[1]
See also
References
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