Bureau of Yards and Docks explained

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

List of Chiefs of the Bureau of Yards and Docks^[1] !#!Image!Name!Rank!Term Start!Term End

1		Lewis Warrington	Captain
2		Joseph Smith	Captain
3		Daniel Ammen	Captain
4		Christopher R. P. Rodgers	Commodore
5		John C. Howell	Commodore
6		Richard L. Law	Commodore
7		Edward T. Nichols	Rear Admiral
8		David B. Harmony	Commodore
9		George D. White	Commodore
10		Norman H. Farquhar	Commodore
11		Edmund O. Matthews	Commodore
12		Mordecai T. Endicott	Rear Admiral
13		Harry H. Rousseau	Lieutenant		1907
14		Richard C. Hollyday	Rear Admiral
15		Homer R. Stanford	Rear Admiral
16		Frederick R. Harris	Rear Admiral
17		Charles W. Parks	Rear Admiral
18		Luther E. Gregory	Rear Admiral
19		Archibald L. Parsons	Rear Admiral
20		Norman M. Smith	Rear Admiral
21		Ben Moreell	Rear Admiral
22		John J. Manning	Rear Admiral
23		Joseph F. Jelley, Jr.	Rear Admiral
24		John R. Perry	Rear Admiral
25		Robert H. Meade	Rear Admiral
26		Eugene J. Peltier	Rear Admiral
27		Peter Corradi	Rear Admiral
28		Alexander C. Husband	Rear Admiral

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

See main article: Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

List of Commanders of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command!#!Image!Name!Rank!Term Start!Term End

29		Walter Enger	Rear Admiral
30		Albert R. Marschall	Rear Admiral
31		Donald G. Iselin	Rear Admiral
32		William M. Zobel	Rear Admiral
33		John Paul Jones Jr.	Rear Admiral
34		Benjamin F. Montoya	Rear Admiral
35		David E. Bottorff	Rear Admiral
36		Jack E. Buffington	Rear Admiral
37		David J. Nash	Rear Admiral
38		Louis M. Smith	Rear Admiral
39		Michael R. Johnson	Rear Admiral
40		Michael K. Loose	Rear Admiral
41		Wayne G. Shear	Rear Admiral
42		Christopher J. Mossey	Rear Admiral
43		Katherine L. Gregory	Rear Admiral

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command

See main article: Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command.

List of Commanders of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command!#!Image!Name!Rank!Term Start!Term End

44		Bret J. Muilenburg	Rear Admiral
45		John W. Korka	Rear Admiral		present

See also

• United States Navy bureau system

References

This article contains public domain information from the United States National Archives and Records Administration.

External links

• Web site: Records of the Bureau of Yards And Docks. National Archives and Records Administration. 2014.
• Book: Activities of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department. World War 1917–1918. Washington. GPO. 1921.
• Book: Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940–1946. Washington. GPO. 1947.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bureau of Yards and Docks . 2024-09-08 . public2.nhhcaws.local . en-US.