{{Refimprove, date=March 2017 Director of Naval Communications was a post on the staff of the United States Navy's Chief of Naval Operations responsible for organizing, administering and operating the Naval Communications Service. In Navy parlance, this was Op-20. Created in 1916, the position replaced that of the Superintendent of the Naval Radio Service, created in 1912. The position, and the responsibilities, evolved steadily over the next several generations.

Directors of Naval Communications, 1912-1950

* 1912-1916 Capt. William H.G. Bullard reviously Superintendent of the Naval Radio Service* 1916-1919 Capt. David W. Todd * 1919-1921 Rear Admiral William H.G. Bullard * 1921 Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston * 1921-1922 Capt.

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(acting) * 1922-1923 Rear Admiral Henry J. Ziegemeier * 1923 Commander Donald C. Bingham * 1923-1924 Capt. Orton P. Jackson * 1924-1927 Capt. Ridley McLean * 1927-1928 Rear Admiral Thomas T. Craven * 1928-1935 Capt. Stanford C. Hooper * 1935-1936 Rear Admiral

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* 1936-1939 Rear Admiral Charles E. Courtney * June 1939-February 1942 Rear Admiral

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* February–September 1942 Capt. Joseph R. Redman * September 1942-April 1943 Capt.

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* April 1943-August 1945 Rear Admiral Joseph R. Redman * 1946-1949 Rear Admiral

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* 1949-1951 Rear Admiral

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* 1951-1952 Captain Wilfred B. Goulett

Evolution of Naval Communications after 1950

The Naval Communications Service was created as a subset of the Naval Communications System on 29 August 1950 by the Chief of Naval Operations, with the Director of Naval Communications overseeing this from Washington, D.C.Chief of Naval Operations Serial 228P20, 29 August 1950. In 1959, as a result of the Committee on the Organization of the Department of the Navy (known as the Franke Report), the title of the Director of Naval Communications became the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Communications)/Director Naval Communications. After the reorganization of OPNAV in 1966-67 following the Benson report, the incumbent was simultaneously a member of the Chief of Naval Operations' own staff and in charge of a new independent command, the Naval Communications Command.

Directors of Naval Communications, 1950-1971

*Rear Admiral Henry C. Bruton (dates unclear) *1961-1965 Rear Admiral Bernard F. Roeder *1965-1968 Rear Admiral Robert H. Weeks *1968 (Mar-July) Captain Robert H. White *1968-1971 Rear Admiral Francis J. Fitzpatrick

Evolution of Naval Communications after 1971

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Directors of Naval Communications since 1973

*1971-1973 Rear Admiral

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*1973-1975 Rear Admiral Jon L. Boyes *1977-1980 Rear Admiral Clyde R. Bell

References

Office of the Chief of Naval Operations