Chief of Naval Operations/CNOs
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
List of especially notable CNOs
| Name | Dates of office |
|---|---|
| William Shepherd Benson | May 11, 1915 – Sept. 25, 1919 |
| Robert Edward Coontz | Nov. 1, 1919 – July 21, 1923 |
| Edward Walter Eberle | July 21, 1923 – Nov. 14, 1927 |
| Charles Frederick Hughes | Nov. 14, 1927 – Sept. 17, 1930 |
| William Veazie Pratt | Sept. 17, 1930 – June 30, 1933 |
| William Harrison Standley | July 1, 1933 – Jan. 1, 1937 |
| William Daniel Leahy | Jan. 2, 1937 – Aug. 1, 1939 |
| Harold Raynsford Stark | Aug. 1, 1939 – Mar. 26, 1942 |
| Ernest Joseph King | Mar. 26, 1942 – Dec. 15, 1945 |
| Chester William Nimitz | Dec. 15, 1945 – Dec. 15, 1947 |
| Louis Emil Denfeld | Dec. 15, 1947 – Nov. 1, 1949 |
| Forrest Percival Sherman | Nov. 2, 1949 – July 22, 1951 |
| William Morrow Fechteler | Aug. 16, 1951 – Aug. 17, 1953 |
| Robert Bostwick Carney | Aug. 17, 1953 – Aug. 17, 1955 |
| Arleigh Albert Burke | Aug. 17, 1955 – Aug. 1, 1961 |
| George Whalen Anderson, Jr. | Aug. 1, 1961 – Aug. 1, 1963 |
| David Lamar McDonald | Aug. 1, 1963 – Aug. 1, 1967 |
| Thomas Hinman Moorer | Aug. 1, 1967 – July 1, 1970 |
| Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr. | Jul. 1, 1970 – Jul. 1, 1974 |
| James L. Holloway III | July 1, 1974 – June 30, 1978 |
| Thomas B. Hayward | July 1, 1978 – June 30, 1982 |
| James D. Watkins | July 1, 1982 – June 30, 1986 |
| Carlisle A.H. Trost | July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1990 |
| Frank B. Kelso II | July 1, 1990 – Apr. 23, 1994 |
| Jeremy Michael Boorda | Apr. 23, 1994 - May 16, 1996 |
| Jay L. Johnson | Aug. 2, 1996 – July 21, 2000 |
| Vern Clark | July 21, 2000 – 22 July 2005 |
| Michael Mullen | 22 July 2005 – 29 September 2007 |
| Gary Roughead | 29 September 2007 – Present |