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American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

Authorized by Congress in 1849, the American Nautical Almanac Office was founded and attached to the Department of the Navy with Charles Henry Davis as the first superintendent.

Eagle, Globe, and Anchor

The anchor, which dates back to the founding of the corps in 1775, acknowledges the naval tradition of the marines and their continual service within the Department of the Navy.

Location identifier

The Department of the Navy assigns three-letter identifiers beginning with the letter N for the exclusive use of that Department.

Moffett Glacier

it was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on the South Pole flight of November 28–29, 1929, and named by him for Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, U.S. Navy, first Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Department of the Navy.

Ralph Waldo Tyler

His political activities drew the attention of prominent national Black figures, and in 1907, upon the advice of Booker T. Washington, Tyler was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to fill the post of Auditor of the Department of the Navy.

Ray Hanson

To this day, Western Illinois University is the only public school in the U.S. that has permission through the Department of the Navy to use the United States Marine Corps official seal and mascot (the Bulldog) along with the nickname.

William S. Greene

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy for the Fifty-eighth Congress, and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses).


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Jerome Karle

Retirement ceremonies for the Karles were attended by United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, who presented the couple with the Department of the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the Navy's highest form of recognition to civilian employees.

Miami Christian School

Frank Jimenez, 21st General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Navy.

Navy Distinguished Public Service Award

The late former Rep. John Murtha (R-Pa) received the award in 2009 for his “courageous leadership, vision, and loyalty to the men and women of the Department of the Navy.

Paul C. Ney, Jr.

Upon leaving the Department of the Navy, Ney joined Nashville Mayor Karl Dean's Office of Economic and Community Development.

Reuben L. Haskell

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Sixty-sixth Congress).

Richard W. Townshend

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Forty-sixth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Fiftieth Congress).

Thomas L. Harris

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Thirty-fourth Congress), Committee on Elections (Thirty-fifth Congress) and was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress.

William F. Kopp

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (in the Sixty-eighth Congress), Committee on Labor (in the Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses), and the Committee on Pensions (in the Seventy-first Congress).