Civil Engineer Corps
History
Civil engineers were employed by the Navy Department as early as 1827, when Mr. Loammi Baldwin was appointed to superintendent of the construction of dry docks at Boston and Norfolk.

Civil Engineer Corps

Section Title: History
Table Section Text: Civil engineers were employed by the Navy Department as early as 1827, when Mr. Loammi Baldwin was appointed to superintendent of the construction of dry docks at Boston and Norfolk.

No.	Start	End	Rank In Office	Chief Of Civil Engineers	Command

1	1842	1846	CAPT	Lewis Warrington	Bureau of Yards and Docks

2	1846	1849	CAPT	Joseph Smith	Bureau of Yards and Docks

3	1869	1871	CAPT	Daniel Ammen	Bureau of Yards and Docks

4	1871	1874	CDRE	Christopher R. P. Rodgers	Bureau of Yards and Docks

5	1874	1878	CDRE	John C. Howell	Bureau of Yards and Docks

6	1878	1881	CDRE	Richard L. Law	Bureau of Yards and Docks

7	1881	1885	CDRE	Edward T. Nichols	Bureau of Yards and Docks

8	1885	1889	CDRE	David B. Harmony	Bureau of Yards and Docks

9	1889	1890	CDRE	George D. White	Bureau of Yards and Docks

10	1890	1894	CDRE	Norman H. Farquhar	Bureau of Yards and Docks

11	1894	1898	CDRE	Edmund O. Matthew	Bureau of Yards and Docks

12	April 1898	January 1907	RADM	Mordecai T. Endicott	Bureau of Yards and Docks

13	January 1907	March 1907	RADM	Harry H. Rousseau	Bureau of Yards and Docks

14	March 1907	January 1912	RADM	Richard C. Hollyday	Bureau of Yards and Docks

15	January 1912	January 1916	RADM	Homer R. Stanford	Bureau of Yards and Docks

16	January 1916	November 1917	RADM	Frederic R. Harris	Bureau of Yards and Docks

17	January 1918	December 1921	RADM	Charles W. Parks	Bureau of Yards and Docks

18	December 1921	December 1929	RADM	Luther E. Gregory	Bureau of Yards and Docks

19	December 1929	December 1933	RADM	Archibald L. Parsons	Bureau of Yards and Docks

20	December 1933	November 1937	RADM	Norman M. Smith	Bureau of Yards and Docks

21	December 1937	December 1945	RADM	Ben Moreell	Bureau of Yards and Docks

22	December 1945	December 1949	RADM	John J. Manning	Bureau of Yards and Docks

23	December 1949	November 1953	RADM	Joseph F. Jelly	Bureau of Yards and Docks

24	November 1953	September 1955	RADM	John R. Perry	Bureau of Yards and Docks

25	November 1955	November 1957	RADM	Robert H. Meade	Bureau of Yards and Docks

26	December 1957	February 1962	RADM	Eugene J. Peltier	Bureau of Yards and Docks

27	February 1962	October 1965	RADM	Peter Corradi	Bureau of Yards and Docks

28	November 1965	August 1969	RADM	Alexander C. Husband	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

29	August 1969	May 1973	RADM	Walter M. Enger	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

30	May 1973	May 1977	RADM	Albert R. Marschall	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

31	May 1977	January 1981	RADM	Donald G. Iselin	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

32	January 1981	August 1984	RADM	William M. Zobel	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

33	August 1984	August 1987	RADM	John Paul Jones, Jr.	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

34	August 1987	October 1989	RADM	Benjamin F. Montoya	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

35	October 1989	September 1992	RADM	David E. Bottorff	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

36	18 September 1992	14 September 1995	RADM	Jack E. Buffington	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

37	15 September 1995	24 September 1998	RADM	David J. Nash	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

38	25 September 1998	19 October 2000	RADM	Louis M. Smith	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

39	20 October 2000	23 October 2003	RADM	Michael R. Johnson	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

40	24 October 2003	26 October 2006	RADM	Michael K. Loose	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

41	27 October 2006	20 May 2010	RADM	Wayne "Greg" Shear	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

42	21 May 2010	25 October 2012	RADM	Christopher J. Mossey	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

43	26 October 2012	3 November 2015	RADM	Katherine L. Gregory	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

44	4 November 2015	18 October 2018	RADM	Bret J. Muilenburg	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

45	19 October 2018	Present	RADM	John W. Korka	Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Sentence(s)

As of the 19th of October 2018, RADM John W. Korka relieved RADM Bret J. Muilenburg, and became the 45th commander of NAVFAC and Chief of Civil Engineers.

final_sentence: As of the 19th of October 2018, RADM John W. Korka relieved RADM Bret J. Muilenburg, and became the 45th commander of NAVFAC and Chief of Civil Engineers.