President of the General Board of the United States Navy

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military advisory position naval office

The President of the General Board of the United States Navy was the senior naval officer who chaired the Navy’s principal advisory body on strategy, planning, and ship design in the early 20th century.

Aliases (1)

Benson Naval Chair of Seapower Studies named in his honor ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military advisory position → naval office →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Navy →
appointedBy	Secretary of the Navy →
country	United States of America →
dissolvedOrAbolished	mid-20th century →
fieldOfWork	military planning → naval policy → naval ship design → naval strategy →
governingBody	Department of the Navy → surface form: "United States Department of the Navy"
hasRole	chair of naval advisory board → naval ship design overseer → senior naval advisor → strategic planning leader →
hierarchicalPosition	senior naval officer →
historicalPeriod	World War II era → interwar period → pre–World War I era →
inception	early 20th century →
influenced	U.S. naval shipbuilding programs → U.S. naval treaty policy recommendations → U.S. naval war planning → development of the U.S. battle fleet →
isPositionWithin	United States government → surface form: "U.S. federal government"
locationOfWork	Washington, D.C. →
memberOf	General Board of the United States Navy →
officeType	flag officer billet →
partOf	General Board of the United States Navy →
positionHeldInOrganization	Department of the Navy → surface form: "United States Department of the Navy" United States Navy →
reportsTo	Chief of Naval Operations → Secretary of the Navy →
responsibleFor	advising on fleet composition → advising on naval war plans → chairing meetings of the General Board of the United States Navy → coordinating input from senior flag officers → coordinating naval strategic recommendations → guiding naval shipbuilding priorities → overseeing long-range naval planning →
supervises	members of the General Board of the United States Navy →
temporalCoverage	early 20th century →
typicalRank	admiral → rear admiral →
usedBy	United States Navy →

Referenced by (2)

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

Admiral William S. Benson → hasPart → President of the General Board of the United States Navy →

subject surface form: "William S. Benson"

this entity surface form: "Benson Naval Chair of Seapower Studies named in his honor"

George Dewey → positionHeld → President of the General Board of the United States Navy →