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#ImageNameRankTerm startTerm end1Lewis WarringtonCaptain2Joseph SmithCaptain3Daniel AmmenCaptain4Christopher R. P. RodgersCommodore5John C. HowellCommodore6Richard L. LawCommodore7Edward T. NicholsRear Admiral8David B. HarmonyCommodore9George D. WhiteCommodore10Norman H. FarquharCommodore11Edmund O. MatthewsCommodore12Mordecai T. EndicottRear Admiral13Harry H. RousseauLieutenant190714Richard C. HollydayRear Admiral15Homer R. StanfordRear Admiral16Frederick R. HarrisRear Admiral17Charles W. ParksRear Admiral18Luther E. GregoryRear Admiral19Archibald L. ParsonsRear Admiral20Norman M. SmithRear Admiral21Ben MoreellRear Admiral22John J. ManningRear Admiral23Joseph F. Jelley, Jr.Rear Admiral24John R. PerryRear Admiral25Robert H. MeadeRear Admiral26Eugene J. PeltierRear Admiral27Peter CorradiRear Admiral28Alexander C. HusbandRear Admiral
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
+List of Commanders of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command#ImageNameRankTerm startTerm end29Walter EngerRear Admiral30Albert R. MarschallRear Admiral31Donald G. IselinRear Admiral32William M. ZobelRear Admiral33John Paul Jones Jr.Rear Admiral34Benjamin F. MontoyaRear Admiral35David E. BottorffRear Admiral36Jack E. BuffingtonRear Admiral37David J. NashRear Admiral38Louis M. SmithRear Admiral39Michael R. JohnsonRear Admiral40Michael K. LooseRear Admiral41Wayne G. ShearRear Admiral42Christopher J. MosseyRear Admiral43Katherine L. GregoryRear Admiral
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
+List of Commanders of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command#ImageNameRankTerm startTerm end44Bret J. MuilenburgRear Admiral45John W. KorkaRear Admiralpresent
See also United States Navy bureau system
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