Department of the Navy

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United States federal executive department military department of the United States

The Department of the Navy is a U.S. federal executive department responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the United States Navy and Marine Corps as key maritime components of the nation’s armed forces.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
United States Department of the Navy 105
U.S. Department of the Navy 10
Office of the Secretary of the Navy 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal executive department ⓘ
military department of the United States ⓘ
budgetFunction defense ⓘ
componentOf United States Armed Forces ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateFormed 1798-04-30 ⓘ
formedFrom United States Department of War ⓘ
hasCivilianControl Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
hasHead Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
hasMilitaryAdvisor Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Commandant of the Marine Corps ⓘ
hasMotto Semper Fortis (associated with the U.S. Navy) ⓘ
hasPosition Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) ⓘ
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) ⓘ
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) ⓘ
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition ⓘ
surface form: Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

General Counsel of the Navy ⓘ
Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
headquartersLocation Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
mission maintain, train, and equip combat-ready naval forces ⓘ
support national security and defense strategies of the United States ⓘ
oversees Marine Corps Systems Command ⓘ
Naval Air Systems Command ⓘ
Naval Education and Training Command ⓘ
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command ⓘ
Naval Sea Systems Command ⓘ
Naval Supply Systems Command ⓘ
Office of Naval Research ⓘ
partOf Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
positionInHierarchy military department under the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
precededBy Board of Admiralty (Continental Congress) ⓘ
reportsTo United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
responsibleFor United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Marine Corps Reserve ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
United States Navy Reserve ⓘ
role equipping the United States Marine Corps ⓘ
equipping the United States Navy ⓘ
organizing the United States Marine Corps ⓘ
organizing the United States Navy ⓘ
providing maritime forces for national defense ⓘ
training the United States Marine Corps ⓘ
training the United States Navy ⓘ
seat Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon
typeOfJurisdiction civilian-led military organization ⓘ

Referenced by (160)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

District of Alaska → subordinateTo → Department of the Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Navy Department
Headquarters Marine Corps → subordinateTo → Department of the Navy ⓘ
U.S. Pacific Fleet → subordinateTo → Department of the Navy ⓘ
Commander of the Asiatic Squadron → usedBy → Department of the Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of the Navy
UNSECNAV → usedBy → Department of the Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of the Navy
this entity surface form: United States Department of the Navy
United States Coast Guard → wartimeParent → Department of the Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of the Navy
this entity surface form: United States Navy Department
William A. Moffett → workLocation → Department of the Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Navy Department
DA → worksWith → Department of the Navy ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of the Army
this entity surface form: United States Department of the Navy