# Bureau of Yards and Docks

The Bureau of Yards and Docks (abbrev.: BuDocks) was the branch of the United States Navy responsible from 1842 to 1966 for building and maintaining navy yards, drydocks, and other facilities relating to ship construction, maintenance, and repair.
The Bureau was established on August 31, 1842 by an act of Congress (5 Stat. 579), as one of the five bureaus replacing the Board of Naval Commissioners established in 1815. Originally established as the Bureau of Naval Yards and Docks, the branch was renamed the Bureau of Yards and Docks in 1862.
The Bureau was abolished effective in 1966 as part of the Department of Defense's reorganization of its material establishment, being replaced by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).

## Chiefs of the Bureau

List of Chiefs of the Bureau of Yards and Docks :
| # | Name | Rank | Term Start | Term End |
| 1 | Lewis Warrington | Captain | 1842 | 1846 |
| 2 | Joseph Smith | Captain | 1846 | 1869 |
| 3 | Daniel Ammen | Captain | 1869 | 1871 |
| 4 | Christopher R. P. Rodgers | Commodore | 1871 | 1874 |
| 5 | John C. Howell | Commodore | 1874 | 1878 |
| 6 | Richard L. Law | Commodore | 1878 | 1881 |
| 7 | Edward T. Nichols | Rear Admiral | 1881 | 1885 |
| 8 | David B. Harmony | Commodore | 1885 | 1889 |
| 9 | George D. White | Commodore | 1889 | 1890 |
| 10 | Norman H. Farquhar | Commodore | 1890 | 1894 |
| 11 | Edmund O. Matthews | Commodore | 1894 | 1898 |
| 12 | Mordecai T. Endicott | Rear Admiral | 1898 | 1907 |
| 13 | Harry H. Rousseau | Lieutenant | 1907 | 1907 |
| 14 | Richard C. Hollyday | Rear Admiral | 1907 | 1912 |
| 15 | Homer R. Stanford | Rear Admiral | 1912 | 1916 |
| 16 | Frederick R. Harris | Rear Admiral | 1916 | 1917 |
| 17 | Charles W. Parks | Rear Admiral | 1918 | 1921 |
| 18 | Luther E. Gregory | Rear Admiral | 1921 | 1929 |
| 19 | Archibald L. Parsons | Rear Admiral | 1929 | 1933 |
| 20 | Norman M. Smith | Rear Admiral | 1933 | 1937 |
| 21 | Ben Moreell | Rear Admiral | 1937 | 1945 |
| 22 | John J. Manning | Rear Admiral | 1945 | 1949 |
| 23 | Joseph F. Jelley, Jr. | Rear Admiral | 1949 | 1953 |
| 24 | John R. Perry | Rear Admiral | 1953 | 1955 |
| 25 | Robert H. Meade | Rear Admiral | 1955 | 1959 |
| 26 | Eugene J. Peltier | Rear Admiral | 1959 | 1962 |
| 27 | Peter Corradi | Rear Admiral | 1962 | 1965 |
| 28 | Alexander C. Husband | Rear Admiral | 1965 | 1966 |
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
List of Commanders of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command :
| # | Name | Rank | Term Start | Term End |
| 29 | Walter Enger | Rear Admiral | 1969 | 1973 |
| 30 | Albert R. Marschall | Rear Admiral | 1973 | 1977 |
| 31 | Donald G. Iselin | Rear Admiral | 1977 | 1981 |
| 32 | William M. Zobel | Rear Admiral | 1981 | 1984 |
| 33 | John Paul Jones Jr. | Rear Admiral | 1984 | 1987 |
| 34 | Benjamin F. Montoya | Rear Admiral | 1987 | 1989 |
| 35 | David E. Bottorff | Rear Admiral | 1989 | 1992 |
| 36 | Jack E. Buffington | Rear Admiral | 1992 | 1995 |
| 37 | David J. Nash | Rear Admiral | 1995 | 1998 |
| 38 | Louis M. Smith | Rear Admiral | 1998 | 2000 |
| 39 | Michael R. Johnson | Rear Admiral | 2000 | 2003 |
| 40 | Michael K. Loose | Rear Admiral | 2003 | 2006 |
| 41 | Wayne G. Shear | Rear Admiral | 2006 | 2010 |
| 42 | Christopher J. Mossey | Rear Admiral | 2010 | 2012 |
| 43 | Katherine L. Gregory | Rear Admiral | 2012 | 2014 |
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
List of Commanders of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command :
| # | Image | Name | Rank | Term Start | Term End |
| 44 | | Bret J. Muilenburg | Rear Admiral | 2015 | 2018 |
| 45 | | John W. Korka | Rear Admiral | 2018 | present |