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Navy Department (United Kingdom)
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Navy Department or Department of the Navy may refer to: * United States Department of the Navy * Navy Department (Ministry of Defence), in the United Kingdom, 1964–1997 * Confederate States Department of the Navy, 1861–1865 * Department of the Navy (Australia), 1939–1973 See also * Department of Naval Services, in Canada, 1910–1922 * Ministry of the Navy (other) Ministry of the Navy, Navy Ministry, Ministry for Naval Affairs or Naval Ministry can refer to one of the following cabinet departments charged with oversight of a country's naval forces: * Ministry for Naval Affairs (Greece), 1822–1953 * Ministr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Department Of The Navy
The United States Department of the Navy (DoN) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenry, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy (USN);Bernard C. Steiner and James McHenry, The life and correspondence of James McHenry' (Cleveland: Burrows Brothers Co., 1907). since 1834, it has exercised jurisdiction over the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and, during wartime, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), though each remains an independent service branch. It is led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), a statutory civilian officer. The Department of the Navy was an executive department, whose secretary served on the president's cabinet, until 1949, when amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 established the Department of Defense as a unified department for all military service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navy Department (Ministry Of Defence)
The Navy Department (Ministry of Defence) was a former ministerial service department of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) responsible for the control and direction of His Majesty's Naval Service. It was established on 1 April 1964 when the Admiralty was absorbed into a unified Ministry of Defence, where it became the Navy Department. Political oversight of the department originally lay with the Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy (1964-1967) it then passed to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy (1967-1981), then later to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces (1981-1990) and finally the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (1991-1997). The departments military head was the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, (1964-1997) who was responsible for the day to day superintendence of the department. Following restructuring in 1997 the Navy Department as a ministerial department of the Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate States Department Of The Navy
The Department of the Navy was the Confederate Civil Service department responsible for the administration of the affairs of the Confederate States Navy and Confederate States Marine Corps, Marine Corps. It was officially established on February 21, 1861. __TOC__ History The Department of the Navy was established by an act of the Provisional Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama which passed into law on February 21, 1861. This act also established the position of Confederate States Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy which was according to the act authorized to handle all affairs related to the navies of the Confederacy. President Jefferson Davis nominated Stephen_Mallory#Confederate_Secretary_of_the_Navy:_nomination_and_confirmation, Stephen Mallory and he was confirmed by the Congress. On May 9, 1862, Secretary Mallory issued orders to James D. Bulloch instructing him to proceed to London, England to act as the Confederacy's agent in securing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of The Navy (Australia)
The Department of the Navy is a former Australian federal government department created on 13 November 1939 to replace the Navy Office within the Department of Defence, after the outbreak of the Second World War. The department assumed control of the administration and finance of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from the Department of Defence. The department was abolished by the Whitlam government on 30 November 1973 when the single service departments were amalgamated, with its role assumed by the Navy Office within the Department of Defence. Notes References * Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ... Australia Military of Australia Department of Defence (Australia) History of the Royal Australian Navy 1973 disestablishments in Australia 1939 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Naval Services
Department of Naval Services (Canada) was the department responsible for the naval services in Canada during the transition from the Royal Navy to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1910 to 1923. The department came into existence in May 1910 with the passage of the Naval Service Bill, which became the ''Naval Service Act''. The Naval Service of Canada became the Royal Canadian Navy in 1911 and under the Minister of the Naval Service (Canada). The department was charged with the responsibility of the RCN until the passage of the National Defence Act in 1922 and the RCN was transferred over to the Department of National Defence (Canada) The Department of National Defence (DND; french: Ministère de la Défense nationale) is the department of the Government of Canada which supports the Canadian Armed Forces in its role of defending Canadian national interests domestically and i ... and the former department dissolved. Navy of Canada {{Canada-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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