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The superintendent of the United States Naval Academy is its commanding officer. The position is a statutory office (

president of an American civilian university. The officer appointed is, by tradition, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. However, this is not an official requirement for the position. To date, all superintendents have been naval officers. No Marine Corps
officer has yet served as superintendent.

The United States Naval Academy is organized much like a civilian college. The superintendent's principal deputies include overseeing a civilian Academic Dean, who manages the academic program and faculty, and the

Commandant of Midshipmen, who serves as dean of students and supervisor of all military and professional training. The superintendent, commandant, academic dean, and academic division directors sit on the academic board, which sets the academy's academic standards.[1]

Superintendents

No. Image Start End Name Class year[d] Notability References
1 3 September 1845 8 March 1847 Franklin Buchanan  — Commanded the USS Susquehanna during the Perry Expedition. Became the only full admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He also commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia. [a][2][3]
2 15 March 1847 1 July 1850 George P. Upshur  — Served in the
Mediterranean
in 1843–844. 		[a][4][5]
3 1 July 1850 1 November 1853 Cornelius K. Stribling  — Served during the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, the Mexican–American War, and the American Civil War. [a][6]
4 1 November 1853 15 September 1857 Louis M. Goldsborough  — Served during the
Depot of Charts and Instruments
. 		[a][7]
5  — 15 September 1857 9 September 1865 George S. Blake  — Served in the West Indian Station and in the United States Coast Survey. [a][8]
6 9 September 1865 1 December 1869 David D. Porter  — The second U.S. Navy officer to attain the rank of admiral. Served in the Mexican War in the attack on the fort at the City of Vera Cruz. Fought in the Civil War, including at the
Red River Campaigns
 [a][9][10]
7 1 December 1869 22 September 1874 John L. Worden  — Commanded the USS Monitor in the Battle of Hampton Roads. Commanded the European Squadron from 1875 – 1877 [a][11]
8 22 September 1874 1 July 1878 Christopher R. P. Rodgers  — Served in the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, as President of the United States Naval Institute, and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron. [a][12][13]
9 1 July 1878 2 August 1879 Foxhall A. Parker  — Executive officer of the navy yard at Washington, D.C. During the Civil War, he worked to protect Alexandria, Virginia after the First Battle of Bull Run. Had charge of several gunboats, a battery at Fort Sumter, and later the Potomac Flotilla. A founder of the United States Naval Institute. [a][14]
10 2 August 1879 13 June 1881 George Balch  — Commanded the
Philadelphia Naval Asylum, on the Light House Board, commander of the Pacific Squadron
. 		[a][15]
11 13 June 1881 14 November 1881 Christopher R. P. Rodgers  — Served in the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, as President of the United States Naval Institute, and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron. [a][12][13]
12 14 November 1881 9 September 1886 Francis M. Ramsay 1856 Chief of the Navy
New York
as commandant of the Navy Yards. 		[a][16]
13 9 September 1886 13 June 1890
William Thomas Sampson
 		1861 Led the Flying Squadron to victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War. [a][17]
14  — 13 June 1890 15 November 1894 Robert L. Phythian 1856 First superintendent of the New York Nautical School and later superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory. [a][18][19]
15 15 November 1894 15 July 1898 Philip H. Cooper 1863 Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, commander of the USS Swatara [a][20]
16 15 July 1898 15 March 1900
Frederick V. McNair
 		1857 Superintendent of the
Asiatic Station
(1895-1897), Served on the Atlantic blockade stations and Mississippi River patrols during the Civil War. 		[a][21][22]
17 15 March 1900 6 November 1902
Richard Wainwright
 		1868 Fought in Spanish–American War,commanded American forces during the Santo Domingo Affair, commanded the Second Division of the Great White Fleet. [a][23]
18 6 November 1902 1 July 1905 Willard H. Brownson 1865 Commanded the USS Yankee during the Spanish–American War,Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. [b][24]
19 1 July 1905 15 July 1907 James H. Sands 1863 Served as Governor of the Naval
Philadelphia Navy Yard, commanded the Coast Squadron
. 		[b][25][26]
20 15 July 1907 10 June 1909 Charles J. Badger 1873 Commander in Chief,
Atlantic Fleet, commanded the USS Kansas, chairman of the General Board
during World War I 		[b][c]
21  — 10 June 1909 15 May 1911 John M. Bowyer 1874 Commanded the USS Columbia, USS Illinois, and USS Connecticut [b][27]
22 15 May 1911 7 February 1914 John H. Gibbons 1879 Instructor at the Naval Academy, aide to the
General Alava, Dolphin, Charleston, Louisiana, and Utah
 [b][28][29]
23 7 February 1914 20 September 1915 William F. Fullam 1877 Commanded the
Navy Cross
, commanded the Reserve Force, Pacific Fleet, and Patrol Force. 		[b][30]
24 20 September 1915 12 February 1919 Edward W. Eberle 1885 Third
Naval Gun Factory, USS Washington and USS Pensacola
 [b][31]
25 12 February 1919 5 July 1921
Archibald H. Scales
 		1887 Served in the Spanish–American War, commanded the USS Severn, USS Columbia, the Bureau of Equipment, USS Hartford, [b][32]
26 5 July 1921 23 February 1925
Henry B. Wilson
 		 1881 Commanded the
Atlantic Fleet and the U.S. Battle Fleet
 [b][33]
27 23 February 1925 16 June 1928
Louis M. Nulton
 		 1889 Commanded landing parties ashore during the United States occupation of Veracruz, the Battle Fleet, and the USS Pennsylvania. [b][34][35]
28 16 June 1928 1 May 1931 Samuel S. Robison  1888 Founded a Naval Preparatory Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey called Admiral Farragut Academy, commander of the United States Fleet. [b]
29 1 May 1931 18 June 1934 Thomas C. Hart  1897 Commanded
ABDAFLOAT
 [b]
30 18 June 1934 1 February 1938 David F. Sellers  1894 First person from
Battleships Battle Force, and the United States Fleet
. 		[b][36][37]
31 1 February 1938 1 February 1941 Wilson Brown  1902
Groton Sub Base and Task Force 11
. Naval aide to four presidents. 		[b][38][39]
32 1 February 1941 31 January 1942 Russell Willson  1906 Vice admiral, commanded Battleship Division 1. Inventor of the Navy Cipher Box. deputy commander in chief of the United States Fleet. [b][40][41][42]
33 31 January 1942 16 August 1945 John R. Beardall 1908 Rear admiral, naval aide to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Commanded the USS Vincennes. [c][43]
34 16 August 1945 15 January 1947
Aubrey W. Fitch
 		 1906
NAS Pensacola
Patrol Wing 2, Carrier Division 1, Aircraft, South Pacific Force. 		[c][44]
35 15 January 1947 28 April 1950 James L. Holloway Jr.  1919
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
. 		[c][45][46]
36 28 April 1950 4 August 1952 Harry W. Hill  1916 Admiral, commander of USS Dewey, Wichita,Battleship Division Four, and the Fifth Amphibious Force. [c][47]
37 4 August 1952 12 August 1954 C. Turner Joy  1921
USS Litchfield, USS Louisville, a Naval Proving Ground and Naval Forces, Far East during the Korean War
. 		[c][48]
38 12 August 1954 16 March 1956 Walter F. Boone 1921
U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (1956–1958) and U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee
(1958–1960). 		[c][49][50][51]
39 16 March 1956 27 June 1958 William R. Smedberg III 1926
USS Lansdowne, USS Hudson, USS Iowa, U.S. Second Fleet, the NATO Strike Fleet and chief of the Bureau of Naval Personnel
 [c][52]
40 27 June 1958 22 June 1960 Charles L. Melson 1927 Vice admiral; served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War, commanded the United States First Fleet, United States Taiwan Defense Command and President of the Naval War College. [c][53]
41 22 June 1960 18 August 1962 John F. Davidson 1929 Commanded the submarines Mackerel and Blackfish during World War II. Later led the USS Albany, the Joint U.S. Military Mission for Aid to Turkey and the Pacific Fleet Training Command. [c][54]
42 18 August 1962 11 January 1964 Charles Cochran Kirkpatrick 1931 Rear admiral, commanded the submarine USS Triton during World War II and served as chief information officer of the Navy. [c][55]
43 11 January 1964 12 June 1965 Charles S. Minter Jr. 1937
Fleet Air Wing, Pacific; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), and deputy chairman, NATO Military Committee
. 		[c][56]
44 12 June 1965 22 June 1968
Draper L. Kauffman
 		1933
9th Naval District
 [c][57]
45 — 22 June 1968 20 July 1968 Lawrence Heyworth Jr. 1943 Rear admiral, executive officer of Fighter Squadron 61, finalist in selection of the Mercury Seven. [c][58]
46 20 July 1968 16 June 1972 James F. Calvert 1943
Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Eight, and the First Fleet
. 		[c][59]
47 16 June 1972 1 August 1975 William P. Mack 1937 Vice admiral, commanded the Seventh Fleet, author. [c][60]
48 1 August 1975 28 August 1978 Kinnaird R. McKee 1951
Submarine Group 8 during the Yom Kippur War
. 		[c][61]
49 28 August 1978 22 August 1981 William P. Lawrence 1951 Vice admiral, commanded U.S. Third Fleet and Fighter Squadron 143. Was Chief of Naval Personnel. [c][62]
50 22 August 1981 31 August 1983 Edward C. Waller 1949 Vice admiral [c][63]
51 31 August 1983 19 August 1986 Charles R. Larson 1958
United States Pacific Command
. Served as the 51 and 55th superintendents. 		[c][64]
52 19 August 1986 18 August 1988 Ronald F. Marryott 1957 President and
George C. Marshall Foundation, president and CEO of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, and President of the Naval War College
. 		[c][65]
53 18 August 1988 15 June 1991 Virgil L. Hill Jr. 1961 Rear admiral, president of Valley Forge Military Academy and College, led a $23 million fundraising push at the USNA. [c][66]
54 15 June 1991 1 August 1994 Thomas C. Lynch 1964 Rear admiral, Director of the Navy Staff at the Pentagon, reassigned after cheating scandal. [c][67][68]
55 1 August 1994 4 June 1998 Charles R. Larson 1958
United States Pacific Command
. Served as the 51 and 55th superintendents. 		[c][64]
56 4 June 1998 7 June 2002 John R. Ryan 1967
Patrol Wing 10, Patrol Squadron 31, and Patrol Squadron 11. Chancellor of the State University of New York
. 		[c][69][70]
57 7 June 2002 5 June 2003 Richard J. Naughton 1968 Served in
NAS Fallon and Carrier Group FOUR/Carrier Striking Force
. 		[c][71][72][73]
58 5 June 2003 1 August 2003 Charles W. Moore Jr. 1968
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
, Fleet Readiness and Logistics. 		[c].[74][75]
59 1 August 2003 8 June 2007 Rodney P. Rempt 1966
USS Antelope, USS Callaghan, and USS Bunker Hill. President of the Naval War College
. 		[c][76]
60 8 June 2007 3 August 2010 Jeffrey Fowler 1978 Commanded
Submarine Group 8
; and Task Forces 164/69. 		[c][77]
61 3 August 2010 23 July 2014 Michael H. Miller 1974 Commander
Ronald Reagan Strike Group; directed White House Military Office
. 		[c][78]
62 23 July 2014 26 July 2019 Walter E. Carter Jr. 1981[79]
USJFCOM
. 		[79][80]
63 26 July 2019 27 August 2023 Sean Buck 1983[81]
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet
. 		[81]
Acting 27 August 2023 11 January 2024 Fred Kacher 1990 Rear admiral, former vice director for operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Acting Superintendent due to delay in confirmation of successor. [82]
64 11 January 2024 Incumbent Yvette M. Davids 1989 Vice admiral, commanded Naval Surface Forces and Carrier Strike Group 11. [83]

A "—" in the class year column indicates a superintendent who is not an alumnus of the academy.

See also

References

General

^ a: Callahan, Edward William; Hamersly, Lewis Randolph (1901). List of officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps, from 1775 to 1900. Boston Public Library. New York : L.R. Hamersly & Co.
^ b: Hatch 1943, p. 273
^ c: "A Brief History of USNA". United States Naval Academy. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018.
^ d: "Superintendents of the USNA". United States Naval Academy Alumni Association. 2007-09-27. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2019-10-12.

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