Under Secretary of the Navy
Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy
| Under Secretary of the Navy link | |
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| Start | August 22, 1940 |
| Deputy | Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy |
| Website | http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=507 |
| The second-highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy. | |
The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy. The Under Secretary reports to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). Before the creation of the Under Secretary's office, the second-highest civilian at the Department of the Navy was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.