Bureau of Yards and Docks

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The Bureau of Yards and Docks 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.

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

The following list includes the names of those who served as Chief of the Bureau.

Captain Lewis Warrington, 1842–1846

Captain Joseph Smith, 1846–1869

Captain Daniel Ammen, 1869–1871

Commodore Christopher R. P. Rodgers, 1871–1874

Commodore John C. Howell, 1874–1878

Commodore Richard L. Law, 1878–1881

Rear Admiral Edward T. Nichols, 1881–1885

Commodore David B. Harmony, 1885–1889

Commodore George D. White, 1889–1890

Commodore Norman H. Farquhar, 1890–1894

Commodore Edmund O. Matthews, 1894–1898

Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott, 1898–1907

Rear Admiral Harry H. Rousseau, 1907

Rear Admiral Richard C. Hollyday, 1907–1912

Rear Admiral Homer R. Stanford, 1912–1916

Rear Admiral Frederick R. Harris, 1916–1917

Rear Admiral Charles W. Parks, 1918–1921

Rear Admiral Luther E. Gregory, 1921–1929

Rear Admiral Archibald L. Parsons, 1929–1933

Rear Admiral Norman M. Smith, 1933–1937

Rear Admiral Ben Moreell, 1937–1945

Rear Admiral John J. Manning, 1945–1949

Rear Admiral Joseph F. Jelley, Jr., 1949–1953

Rear Admiral John R. Perry, 1953–1955

Rear Admiral Robert H. Meade, 1955–1959

Rear Admiral Eugene J. Peltier, 1959–1962

Rear Admiral Peter Corradi, 1962–1965

Rear Admiral Alexander C. Husband, 1965–1966

References

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