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==List of chiefs of naval operations== (β - ''died in office'') ===Aide for Naval Operations (historical predecessor office)=== {{Officeholder table start | showorder = y | showimage = y | image_title = Portrait | officeholder_title = Aide for Naval Operations | showtermlenght = y | showparty = n | showdefencebranch = n | showaltofficeholder = y | alt_officeholder_title = [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretaries of the Navy]] }} {{Officeholder table | order = 1 | image = Richard Wainwright (Spanish-American War naval officer), 1902.jpg | military_rank = Rear Admiral | officeholder = {{nowrap|[[Richard Wainwright (SpanishβAmerican War naval officer)|Richard Wainwright]]}} | officeholder_sort = Wainwright, Richard | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1849 | died_year = 1926 | term_start = {{nowrap|3 December 1909}} | term_end = {{nowrap|12 December 1911}} | timeinoffice = {{nowrap|{{ayd|1909|12|03|1911|12|12}}}} | alt_officeholder = {{nowrap|[[George von Lengerke Meyer]]}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | image = Cvreeland.jpg | military_rank = Rear Admiral | officeholder = [[Charles E. Vreeland]] | officeholder_sort = Vreeland, Charles | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1852 | died_year = 1916 | term_start = {{nowrap|12 December 1911}} | term_end = {{nowrap|11 February 1913<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTrUFj0EcosC&dq=adm+richard+wainwright+aide+for+operations&pg=PA564|title=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|page=563|website=Google Books|year=1959}}</ref>}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1911|12|12|1913|02|11}} | alt_officeholder = [[George von Lengerke Meyer]] }} {{Officeholder table | order = 3 | image = Bradley A. Fiske cropped.jpg | military_rank = Rear Admiral | officeholder = [[Bradley A. Fiske]] | officeholder_sort = Fiske, Bradley | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1854 | died_year = 1942 | term_start = {{nowrap|11 February 1913}} | term_end = {{nowrap|1 April 1915}} | timeinoffice = {{nowrap|{{ayd|1913|02|11|1915|04|01}}}} | alt_officeholder = [[George von Lengerke Meyer]]<br>{{nowrap|[[Josephus Daniels]]}} }} {{Officeholder table end}} ===Chiefs of naval operations=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! scope="col" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Portrait ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Name ! scope="col" colspan=3 | Term ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Background ! scope="col" colspan=2 | Secretaries served under: ! scope="col" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="col" | Took office ! scope="col" | Left office ! scope="col" | Duration ! scope="col" | [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Navy]] ! scope="col" | [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense]] |- {{Officeholder table | order = 1 | image = NH 366 Admiral William S. Benson, USN (cropped).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[William S. Benson]] | officeholder_sort = Benson, William | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1855 | died_year = 1932 | term_start = 11 May 1915 | term_end = 25 September 1919 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1915|05|11|1919|09|25}} | defence_branch = [[Battleship]]s | alt_officeholder = [[Josephus Daniels]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList">{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq35-1.htm |title=Chief of Naval Operations |work=Lists of Commanding Officers and Senior Officials of the US Navy |publisher=Naval Historical Center |access-date=6 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218005946/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq35-1.htm |archive-date=18 December 2007}}</ref> }} |- |colspan=10 style="text-align:center"| ''Vacant''<br />(25 September 1919 β 1 November 1919) {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | image = Robert E. Coontz (cropped).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Robert Coontz|Robert E. Coontz]] | officeholder_sort = Coontz, Robert | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1864 | died_year = 1935 | term_start = 1 November 1919 | term_end = 21 July 1923 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1919|11|01|1923|07|21}} | defence_branch = Battleships | alt_officeholder = [[Josephus Daniels]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Edwin Denby (politician)|Edwin C. Denby]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 3 | image = Edward Walter Eberle.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Edward Walter Eberle|Edward W. Eberle]] | officeholder_sort = Eberle, Edward Walter | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1864 | died_year = 1929 | term_start = 21 July 1923 | term_end = 14 November 1927 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1923|07|21|1927|11|14}} | defence_branch = Battleships | alt_officeholder = [[Edwin Denby (politician)|Edwin C. Denby]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Curtis D. Wilbur]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 4 | image = ADM Charles F. Hughes portrait.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Charles Frederick Hughes|Charles F. Hughes]] | officeholder_sort = Hughes, Charles Frederick | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1866 | died_year = 1934 | term_start = 14 November 1927 | term_end = 17 September 1930<br />{{small|''(resigned)''}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1927|11|14|1930|11|17}} | defence_branch = Battleships | alt_officeholder = [[Curtis D. Wilbur]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Charles Francis Adams III|Charles F. Adams III]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Hoover|first=Herbert|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-accepting-the-resignation-admiral-charles-f-hughes-chief-naval-operations|title=Letter Accepting the Resignation of Admiral Charles F. Hughes as Chief of Naval Operations.|date=16 September 1930|access-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613055035/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-accepting-the-resignation-admiral-charles-f-hughes-chief-naval-operations|archive-date=13 June 2021|website=The American Presidency Project}}</ref> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 5 | image = William Veazie Pratt.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[William V. Pratt]] | officeholder_sort = Pratt, William Veazie | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1869 | died_year = 1957 | term_start = {{nowrap|17 September 1930}} | term_end = 30 June 1933 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1930|09|17|1933|06|30}} | defence_branch = Battleships | alt_officeholder = [[Charles Francis Adams III|Charles F. Adams III]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Claude A. Swanson]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 6 | image = William Standley 80-G-K-2786 (26144162862).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[William Harrison Standley|William H. Standley]] | officeholder_sort = Standley, William Harrison | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1872 | died_year = 1963 | term_start = 1 July 1933 | term_end = 1 January 1937 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1933|07|01|1937|01|01}} | defence_branch = Battleships | alt_officeholder = [[Claude A. Swanson]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 7 | image = NH 48260 Admiral William D. Leahy, USN (cropped).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[William D. Leahy]] | officeholder_sort = Leahy, William | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1875 | died_year = 1959 | term_start = 2 January 1937 | term_end = 1 August 1939 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1937|01|02|1939|08|01}} | defence_branch = Battleships | alt_officeholder = [[Claude A. Swanson]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Charles Edison]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 8 | image = Harold Rainsford Stark.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Harold Rainsford Stark|Harold R. Stark]] | officeholder_sort = Stark, Harold Rainsford | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1880 | died_year = 1972 | term_start = 1 August 1939 | term_end = 2 March 1942<br />{{small|''(relieved)''}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1939|08|01|1942|03|02}} | defence_branch = Battleships/[[Surface warfare|Cruisers-Destroyers]] | alt_officeholder = [[Charles Edison]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Frank Knox]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 9 | image = FADM Ernest J. King.jpg | military_rank = Fleet Admiral | officeholder = [[Ernest King|Ernest J. King]] | officeholder_sort = King, Ernest Joseph | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1878 | died_year = 1956 | term_start = 2 March 1942 | term_end = 15 December 1945 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1942|03|02|1945|12|15}} | defence_branch = [[Naval aviation|Aviation]] | alt_officeholder = [[Frank Knox]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[James Forrestal]] | cabinet = β | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 10 | image = Chester Nimitz as CNO (cropped).jpg | military_rank = Fleet Admiral | officeholder = [[Chester W. Nimitz]] | officeholder_sort = Nimitz, Chester | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1885 | died_year = 1966 | term_start = 15 December 1945 | term_end = 15 December 1947 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1945|12|15|1947|12|15}} | defence_branch = [[Submarines in the United States Navy|Submarines]] | alt_officeholder = [[James Forrestal]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[John L. Sullivan (United States Navy)|John L. Sullivan]] | cabinet = [[James Forrestal]]<br />{{small|(from Sep. 1947)}} | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 11 | image = 80-G-704657 (26290116655).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Louis E. Denfeld]] | officeholder_sort = Denfeld, Louis Emil | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1891 | died_year = 1972 | term_start = 15 December 1947 | term_end = 2 November 1949<br />{{small|''(relieved)''}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1947|12|15|1949|11|02}} | defence_branch = Submarines | alt_officeholder = [[John L. Sullivan (United States Navy)|John L. Sullivan]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Francis P. Matthews]] | cabinet = [[James Forrestal]] | cabinet2 = [[Louis A. Johnson]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 12 | image = Forrest P SHerman.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Forrest Sherman|Forrest P. Sherman]] | officeholder_sort = Sherman, Forrest Percival | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1896 | died_year = 1951 | died = y | term_start = 2 November 1949 | term_end = 22 July 1951 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1949|11|02|1951|07|22}} | defence_branch = Battleships/Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[Francis P. Matthews]] | cabinet = [[Louis A. Johnson]] | cabinet2 = [[George C. Marshall]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = β | image = ADM McCormick, Lynde D.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Lynde D. McCormick]] | officeholder_sort = McCormick, Lynde | officeholder_note = {{efn|name=acting|In capacity as Vice Chief of Naval Operations.}} | born_year = 1895 | died_year = 1956 | term_start = 22 July 1951 | term_end = 16 August 1951 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1951|07|22|1951|08|16}} | defence_branch = Battleships/Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[Francis P. Matthews]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Dan A. Kimball]] | cabinet = [[George C. Marshall]] | acting = y | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 13 | image = Portrait of ADM William M. Fechteler (58-64).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[William Fechteler|William M. Fechteler]] | officeholder_sort = Fechteler, William | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1896 | died_year = 1967 | term_start = 16 August 1951 | term_end = 17 August 1953 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1951|08|16|1953|08|17}} | defence_branch = Battleships/Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[Dan A. Kimball]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Robert B. Anderson (Texas politician)|Robert B. Anderson]] | cabinet = [[George C. Marshall]] | cabinet2 = [[Robert A. Lovett]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 14 | image = Robert Bostwick Carney.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Robert Carney|Robert B. Carney]] | officeholder_sort = Carney, Robert | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1895 | died_year = 1990 | term_start = 17 August 1953 | term_end = 17 August 1955 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1953|08|17|1955|08|17}} | defence_branch = Battleships/Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[Robert B. Anderson (Texas politician)|Robert B. Anderson]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)|Charles S. Thomas]] | cabinet = [[Charles Erwin Wilson]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 15 | image = ADM Burke, Arleigh (CNO).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Arleigh Burke|Arleigh A. Burke]] | officeholder_sort = Burke, Arleigh Albert | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1901 | died_year = 1996 | term_start = 17 August 1955 | term_end = 1 August 1961 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1955|08|17|1961|08|01}} | defence_branch = Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)|Charles S. Thomas]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Thomas S. Gates Jr.]] | alt_officeholder3 = [[William B. Franke]] | alt_officeholder4 = [[John Connally]] | cabinet = [[Charles Erwin Wilson]] | cabinet2 = [[Neil H. McElroy]] | cabinet3 = [[Thomas S. Gates Jr.]] | cabinet4 = [[Robert McNamara]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 16 | image = PAA-N-4996 ADM George W. Anderson, Jr. (26501746045).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[George Whelan Anderson Jr.|George W. Anderson Jr.]] | officeholder_sort = Anderson, George Whelan Jr. | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1906 | died_year = 1992 | term_start = 1 August 1961 | term_end = 1 August 1963<br />{{small|''(relieved)''}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1961|08|01|1963|08|01}} | defence_branch = Aviation | alt_officeholder = [[John Connally]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Fred Korth]] | cabinet = [[Robert McNamara]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 17 | image = ADM McDonald, David Lamar.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[David L. McDonald]] | officeholder_sort = McDonald, David | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1906 | died_year = 1997 | term_start = 1 August 1963 | term_end = 1 August 1967 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1963|08|01|1967|08|01}} | defence_branch = Aviation | alt_officeholder = [[Fred Korth]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Paul Nitze]] | cabinet = [[Robert McNamara]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 18 | image = KN-15045 Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN (cropped).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Thomas Hinman Moorer|Thomas H. Moorer]] | officeholder_sort = Moorer, Thomas Hinman | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1912 | died_year = 2004 | term_start = 1 August 1967 | term_end = 1 July 1970{{efn|name=cjcs|Appointed as [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]].}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1967|08|01|1970|07|01}} | defence_branch = Aviation | alt_officeholder = [[Paul R. Ignatius]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[John Chafee]] | cabinet = [[Robert McNamara]] | cabinet2 = [[Clark Clifford]] | cabinet3 = [[Melvin Laird]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 19 | image = Elmo Zumwalt.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Elmo Zumwalt|Elmo R. Zumwalt]] | officeholder_sort = Zumwalt, Elmo | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1920 | died_year = 2000 | term_start = 1 July 1970 | term_end = 29 June 1974 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1970|07|01|1974|06|29}} | defence_branch = Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[John Chafee]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[John Warner]] | alt_officeholder3 = [[J. William Middendorf]] | cabinet = [[Melvin Laird]] | cabinet2 = [[Elliot Richardson]] | cabinet3 = [[James R. Schlesinger]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 20 | image = James Holloway III.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[James L. Holloway III]] | officeholder_sort = Holloway, James | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1922 | died_year = 2019 | term_start = 29 June 1974{{efn|name=vcno|Served prior as [[Vice Chief of Naval Operations]].}} | term_end = 1 July 1978 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1974|06|29|1978|07|01}} | defence_branch = Aviation | alt_officeholder = [[J. William Middendorf]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[W. Graham Claytor Jr.]] | cabinet = [[James R. Schlesinger]] | cabinet2 = [[Donald Rumsfeld]] | cabinet3 = [[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 21 | image = ADM Hayward, Thomas B CNO Official Portrait.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Thomas B. Hayward]] | officeholder_sort = Hayward, Thomas Bibb | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1924 | died_year = 2022 | term_start = 1 July 1978 | term_end = 30 June 1982 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1978|07|01|1982|06|30}} | defence_branch = Aviation | alt_officeholder = [[W. Graham Claytor Jr.]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Edward Hidalgo]] | alt_officeholder3 = [[John Lehman]] | cabinet = [[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]] | cabinet2 = [[Caspar Weinberger]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 22 | image = Admiral James Watkins, official military photo.JPEG | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[James D. Watkins]] | officeholder_sort = Watkins, James | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1927 | died_year = 2012 | term_start = 30 June 1982 | term_end = 30 June 1986 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1982|06|30|1986|06|30}} | defence_branch = Submarines | alt_officeholder = [[John Lehman]] | cabinet = [[Caspar Weinberger]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 23 | image = Admiral Carlisle Trost, official military photo.JPEG | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Carlisle Trost|Carlisle A.H. Trost]] | officeholder_sort = Trost, Carlisle | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1930 | died_year = 2020 | term_start = 1 July 1986 | term_end = 29 June 1990 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1986|07|01|1990|06|29}} | defence_branch = Submarines | alt_officeholder = [[John Lehman]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Jim Webb]] | alt_officeholder3 = [[William L. Ball]] | alt_officeholder4 = [[Henry L. Garrett III]] | cabinet = [[Caspar Weinberger]] | cabinet2 = [[Frank Carlucci]] | cabinet3 = [[Dick Cheney]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 24 | image = ADM Frank B. Kelso II, 1994.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Frank Kelso|Frank B. Kelso II]] | officeholder_sort = Kelso, Frank | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1933 | died_year = 2013 | term_start = 29 June 1990 | term_end = 23 April 1994 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1990|06|29|1994|04|23}} | defence_branch = Submarines | alt_officeholder = [[Henry L. Garrett III]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Sean O'Keefe]] | alt_officeholder3 = [[John Howard Dalton|John H. Dalton]] | cabinet = [[Dick Cheney]] | cabinet2 = [[Les Aspin]] | cabinet3 = [[William J. Perry]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 25 | image = Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda (2).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Michael Boorda|Jeremy M. Boorda]] | officeholder_sort = Boorda, Jeremy Michael | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1939 | died_year = 1996 | died = y | term_start = 23 April 1994 | term_end = 16 May 1996 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|04|23|1996|05|16}} | defence_branch = Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[John Howard Dalton|John H. Dalton]] | cabinet = [[William J. Perry]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} |- | style=background:#e6e6aa; | β{{efn|name=acting}} | rowspan="2" | [[File:Admiral Jay Johnson, official military photo.JPEG|100px]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Jay" rowspan="2" | Admiral<br />'''[[Jay L. Johnson]] '''<br />{{small|(born 1946)}} | style=background:#e6e6aa; | 16 May 1996 | style=background:#e6e6aa; | 2 August 1996 | style=background:#e6e6aa; | {{ayd|1996|05|16|1996|08|02}} | rowspan="2" | Aviation | rowspan="2" | [[John Howard Dalton|John H. Dalton]]<br />[[Richard Danzig]] | rowspan="2" | [[William J. Perry]]<br />[[William Cohen]] | style=background:#e6e6aa; | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960605/06050360.htm|title=JOHNSON IS LIKELY PICK FOR CNO; CLINTON IS EXPECTED TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THE POST TODAY|date=1996-06-05|access-date=2023-09-22|website=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]}}</ref> |- | 26 | 2 August 1996 | 21 July 2000 | {{ayd|1996|08|02|2000|07|21}} | <ref name="CNOList"/> |- {{Officeholder table | order = 27 | image = VernClark.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Vern Clark|Vernon E. Clark]] | officeholder_sort = Clark, Vernon | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1944 | died_year = | term_start = 21 July 2000 | term_end = 22 July 2005 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2000|07|21|2005|07|22}} | defence_branch = Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[Richard Danzig]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Gordon R. England]] | cabinet = [[William Cohen]] | cabinet2 = [[Donald Rumsfeld]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 28 | image = US Navy 050711-N-0000X-001 U.S. Navy File photo, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael G. Mullen.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Michael Mullen|Michael G. Mullen]] | officeholder_sort = Mullen, Michael | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1946 | died_year = | term_start = 22 July 2005 | term_end = 29 September 2007{{efn|name=cjcs}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2005|07|22|2007|11|29}} | defence_branch = Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[Gordon R. England]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Donald C. Winter]] | cabinet = [[Donald Rumsfeld]] | cabinet2 = [[Robert Gates]] | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 29 | image = US Navy 071108-N-0000X-001 Navy file photo of Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Gary Roughead]] | officeholder_sort = Roughead, Gary | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1951 | died_year = | term_start = 29 September 2007 | term_end = 23 September 2011 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2007|09|29|2011|09|23}} | defence_branch = Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[Donald C. Winter]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Ray Mabus]] | cabinet = [[Robert Gates]] | cabinet2 = [[Leon Panetta]] | ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/us-navy-time-change-featuring-chief-naval-operations-admiral-gary-roughead/|title=Event - US Navy in a Time of Change featuring Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead|date=13 September 2011|access-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004103451/https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/us-navy-time-change-featuring-chief-naval-operations-admiral-gary-roughead/|archive-date=4 October 2022|website=Aspen Institute}}</ref> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 30 | image = Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert (CNO).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Jonathan Greenert|Jonathan W. Greenert]] | officeholder_sort = Greenert, Jonathan | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1953 | died_year = | term_start = 23 September 2011{{efn|name=vcno}} | term_end = 18 September 2015 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2011|09|23|2015|09|18}} | defence_branch = Submarines | alt_officeholder = [[Ray Mabus]] | cabinet = [[Leon Panetta]] | cabinet2 = [[Chuck Hagel]] | cabinet3 = [[Ash Carter]] | ref = <ref>{{cite web|last=Malloy|first=Kyle|url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/2011/09/28/greenert-becomes-cno/15888589007/|title=Greenert becomes CNO|date=28 September 2011|access-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004103211/https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/2011/09/28/greenert-becomes-cno/15888589007/|archive-date=4 October 2022|publisher=Chief of Naval Operations Public Affairs|website=The Florida Times-Union}}</ref> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 31 | image = Admiral John M. Richardson (CNO) 150917-N-AT895-703 (26207156950).jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[John M. Richardson (admiral)|John M. Richardson]] | officeholder_sort = Richardson, John | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1960 | died_year = | term_start = 18 September 2015 | term_end = 22 August 2019 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2015|09|18|2019|08|22}} | defence_branch = Submarines | alt_officeholder = [[Ray Mabus]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Richard V. Spencer]] | cabinet = [[Ash Carter]] | cabinet2 = [[Jim Mattis]] | ref = <ref>{{cite web|last=Eckstein|first=Megan|url=https://news.usni.org/2015/09/18/richardson-becomes-new-chief-of-naval-operations-greenert-retires-after-40-years|title=Richardson Becomes New Chief of Naval Operations; Greenert Retires After 40 Years|date=18 September 2015|access-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024192723/https://news.usni.org/2015/09/18/richardson-becomes-new-chief-of-naval-operations-greenert-retires-after-40-years|archive-date=24 October 2021|website=[[USNI News]]}}</ref> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 32 | image = Gilday_CNO.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[Michael M. Gilday]] | officeholder_sort = Gilday, Michael | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1962 | died_year = | term_start = 22 August 2019 | term_end = 14 August 2023 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2019|08|22|2023|08|14}} | defence_branch = Cruisers-Destroyers/Cyberspace | alt_officeholder = [[Richard V. Spencer]] | alt_officeholder2 = [[Kenneth Braithwaite]] | alt_officeholder3 = [[Carlos Del Toro]] | cabinet = [[Mark Esper]] | cabinet2 = [[Lloyd Austin]] | ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2238737/gilday-relieves-richardson-as-cno/|title=Gilday Relieves Richardson as CNO|date=22 August 2019|access-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004102515/https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2238737/gilday-relieves-richardson-as-cno/|archive-date=4 October 2022|website=U.S. Navy}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> }} |- | style=background:#e6e6aa; | β{{efn|name=acting}} | rowspan="2" | [[File:ADM Lisa M. Franchetti (3).jpg|100px]] | data-sort-value="Franchetti, Lisa" rowspan="2" | Admiral<br />'''[[Lisa Franchetti|Lisa M. Franchetti]] '''<br />{{small|(born 1964)}} | style=background:#e6e6aa; | 14 August 2023 | style=background:#e6e6aa; | 2 November 2023 | style=background:#e6e6aa; | {{ayd|2023|08|14|2023|11|02}} | rowspan="2" | Cruisers-Destroyers | rowspan="2" | [[Carlos Del Toro]] | rowspan="2" | [[Lloyd Austin]]<br />[[Pete Hegseth]] | style=background:#e6e6aa; | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/32585|title=Webcast: Austin Hosts Chief of Naval Operations Relinquishment of Office|date=2023-08-14|access-date=2023-08-14|website=DVIDS}}</ref> |- | 33 | 2 November 2023 | 21 February 2025 | {{ayd|2023|11|02|2025|2|21}} | <ref name="franchetti">{{cite web |date=2023-11-02 |title=SECNAV Del Toro Statement on the Swearing-In of Adm. Lisa Franchetti as 33rd Chief of Naval Operations |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/457088/secnav-del-toro-statement-swearing-adm-lisa-franchetti-33rd-chief-naval-operations |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=DVIDS |publisher=Office of the Secretary of the Navy |location=[[Washington, D. C.]]}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> {{Officeholder table | order = β | image = ADM James W. Kilby.jpg | military_rank = Admiral | officeholder = [[James Kilby|James W. Kilby]] | officeholder_sort = Kilby, James | officeholder_note = {{efn|name=acting}} | born_year = 1963 | died_year = | term_start = 21 February 2025 | term_end = ''Incumbent'' | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2025|2|21|}} | defence_branch = Cruisers-Destroyers | alt_officeholder = [[John Phelan (businessman)|John Phelan]] | cabinet = [[Pete Hegseth]] | acting = y | ref = <ref name="kilby"/> }} |} ===Timeline=== {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:10 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late DateFormat = x.y Period = from:1914 till:2030 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1915 Define $now = {{CURRENTYEAR}} Colors = id:cno value:darkblue legend: CNO id:vcno value:rgb(0.7,0.7,0.7) legend: VCNO id:time value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9) Legend = orientation:vertical position:right LineData = layer:back width:0.1 color:time at:1920 at:1930 at:1940 at:1950 at:1960 at:1970 at:1980 at:1990 at:2000 at:2010 at:2020 at:2030 BarData = barset:PM bar:benson bar:coontz bar:eberle bar:hughes bar:pratt bar:standley bar:leahy bar:stark bar:king bar:nimitz bar:denfeld bar:sherman bar:fechteler bar:carney bar:burke bar:anderson bar:mcdonald bar:moorer bar:zumwalt bar:holloway bar:hayward bar:watkins bar:trost bar:kelso bar:boorda bar:johnson bar:clark bar:mullen bar:roughead bar:greenert bar:richardson bar:gilday bar:franchetti PlotData= width:6 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:PM bar:benson from:1915 till:1919 color:cno text:"[[William S. Benson|Benson]]" bar:coontz from:1919 till:1923 color:cno text:"[[Robert E. Coontz|Coontz]]" bar:eberle from:1923 till:1927 color:cno text:"[[Edward W. Eberle|Eberle]]" bar:hughes from:1927 till:1930 color:cno text:"[[Charles Frederick Hughes|Hughes]]" bar:pratt from:1930 till:1933 color:cno text:"[[William V. Pratt|Pratt]]" bar:standley from:1933 till:1937 color:cno text:"[[William Harrison Standley|Standley]]" bar:leahy from:1937 till:1939 color:cno text:"[[William D. Leahy|Leahy]]" bar:stark from:1939 till:1942 color:cno text:"[[Harold R. Stark|Stark]]" bar:king from:1942 till:1945 color:cno text:"[[Ernest J. King|King]]" bar:nimitz from:1945 till:1947 color:cno text:"[[Chester W. Nimitz|Nimitz]]" bar:denfeld from:1947 till:1949 color:cno text:"[[Louis E. Denfeld|Denfeld]]" bar:sherman from:1949 till:1951 color:cno text:"[[Forrest Sherman|Sherman]]" bar:fechteler from:1951 till:1953 color:cno text:"[[William M. Fechteler|Fechteler]]" bar:carney from:1953 till:1955 color:cno text:"[[Robert B. Carney|Carney]]" bar:burke from:1955 till:1961 color:cno text:"[[Arleigh Burke|Burke]]" bar:anderson from:1961 till:1963 color:cno text:"[[George W. Anderson Jr.|Anderson]]" bar:mcdonald from:1963 till:1967 color:cno text:"[[David L. McDonald|McDonald]]" bar:moorer from:1967 till:1970 color:cno text:"[[Thomas Hinman Moorer|Moorer]]" bar:zumwalt from:1970 till:1974 color:cno text:"[[Elmo Zumwalt|Zumwalt]]" bar:holloway from:1973 till:1974 color:vcno bar:holloway from:1974 till:1978 color:cno text:"[[James L. Holloway III|Holloway]]" bar:hayward from:1978 till:1982 color:cno text:"[[Thomas B. Hayward|Hayward]]" bar:watkins from:1979 till:1981 color:vcno bar:watkins from:1982 till:1986 color:cno text:"[[James D. Watkins|Watkins]]" bar:trost from:1986 till:1990 color:cno text:"[[Carlisle Trost|Trost]]" bar:kelso from:1990 till:1994 color:cno text:"[[Frank Kelso|Kelso]]" bar:boorda from:1994 till:1996 color:cno text:"[[Michael Boorda|Boorda]]" bar:johnson from:1996.33 till:1996.42 color:vcno bar:johnson from:1996.42 till:2000 color:cno text:"[[Jay L. Johnson|Johnson]]" bar:clark from:2000 till:2005 color:cno text:"[[Vern Clark|Clark]]" bar:mullen from:2005 till:2007 color:cno text:"[[Michael Mullen|Mullen]]" bar:roughead from:2007 till:2011 color:cno text:"[[Gary Roughead|Roughead]]" bar:greenert from:2009 till:2011 color:vcno bar:greenert from:2011 till:2015 color:cno text:"[[Jonathan W. Greenert|Greenert]]" bar:richardson from:2015 till:2019 color:cno text:"[[John M. Richardson (admiral)|Richardson]]" bar:gilday from:2019 till:2023 color:cno text:"[[Michael M. Gilday|Gilday]]" bar:franchetti from:2022 till:2023 color:vcno bar:franchetti from:2023 till:2025 color:cno text:"[[Lisa Franchetti|Franchetti]]" }}
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