United States Department of the Navy

The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is a U.S. military department under the United States Department of Defense. 

It was created in order to give civilian leadership and administration to the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. The Secretary of the Navy is in charge of the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Navy is under the authority of the Department of Defense.Chap. XXXV. 1 Stat. 553 from "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation:  U. S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875". Library of Congress, Law Library of Congress. Retrieved 24 March 2012. 

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