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The '''U.S. Naval Academy''' was established in 1845 is located in Annapolis, Maryland.

==Superintendents==
The first superintendent was Commander [[Franklin Buchanan]], appointed 3 September, 1845.  Other superintendents in our scope's "pre-history" were Commanders [[George Parker Upshur|George P. Upshur]] (15 March, 1847) and [[Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling|Cornelius K. Stribling]] (1 July, 1850).

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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough|nick=Louis M. Goldsborough|appt=1 November, 1853|end=15 September, 1857|precBy=[[Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling|Cornelius K. Stribling]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=George Smith Blake|nick=George S. Blake|appt=15 September, 1857|end=9 September, 1865}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=David Dixon Porter|nick=David D. Porter|appt=9 September, 1865|end=1 December, 1869}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=John Lorimer Worden|nick=John L. Worden|appt=1 December, 1869|end=22 September, 1874}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers|nick=Christopher R. P. Rodgers|appt=22 September, 1874|end=1 July, 1878}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Foxhall Alexander Parker, Jr.|nick=Foxhall A. Parker, Jr.|appt=1 July, 1878|end=2 August, 18791879}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=George Beall Balch|nick=George B. Balch|appt=2 August, 1879|end=13 June, 1881}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers|nick=Christopher R. P. Rodgers|appt=13 June, 1881|end=14 November, 1881}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Francis Munroe Ramsay|nick=Francis M. Ramsay|appt=14 November, 1881|end=9 September, 1886}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Thomas Sampson|nick=William T. Sampson|appt=9 September, 1886|end=1890}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Robert Lees Phythian|nick=Robert L. Phythian|appt=13 June, 1890|end=15 November, 1894}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Philip Henry Cooper|nick=Philip H. Cooper|appt=15 November, 1894|end=15 July, 1898}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Frederick Vallette McNair|nick=Frederick V. McNair|appt=15 July, 1898|end=15 March, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Wainwright|nick=Richard Wainwright|appt=15 March, 1900|end=6 November, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Willard Herbert Brownson|nick=Willard H. Brownson|appt=6 November, 1902{{CN}}|end=1 July, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=James Hoban Sands|nick=James H. Sands|appt=1 July, 1905{{CN}}|end=15 July, 1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Johnston Badger|nick=Charles J. Badger|appt=15 July, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 10}}|end=10 June, 1909}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Marshall Bowyer|nick=John M. Bowyer|appt=10 June, 1909|end=15 May, 1911}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Henry Gibbons|nick=John H. Gibbons|appt=15 May, 1911|end=7 February, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=William Freeland Fullam|nick=William F. Fullam|appt=7 February, 1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 8}}|end=20 September, 1915{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 8}}{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 12}}{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Edward Walter Eberle|nick=Edward W. Eberle|appt=20 September, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 12}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Archibald Henderson Scales|nick=Archibald H. Scales|appt=12 February, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 10-11}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Henry Braid Wilson, Jr.|nick=Henry B. Wilson, Jr.|appt=5 July, 1921{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 10-11}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Louis McCoy Nulton|nick=Louis McC. Nulton|appt=23 February, 1925|end=16 June, 1928}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Samuel Shelburne Robison|nick=Samuel S. Robison|appt=16 June, 1928|end=1 May, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Thomas Charles Hart|nick=Thomas C. Hart|appt=1 May, 1931|end=18 June, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=David Foote Sellers|nick=David F. Sellers|appt=18 June, 1934|end=1 February, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Wilson Brown, Jr.|nick=Wilson Brown, Jr.|appt=1 February, 1938|end=1 February, 1941}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Russell Willson|nick=Russell Willson|appt=1 February, 1941|end=31 January, 1942}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=John Reginald Beardall|nick=John R. Beardall|appt=31 January, 1942|end=16 August, 1945}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceUS}}|name=Aubrey Wray Fitch|nick=Aubrey W. Fitch|appt=16 August, 1945|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=James Lemuel Holloway, Jr.|nick=James L. Holloway, Jr.|appt=15 January, 1947|end=|succBy=[[Harry Wilbur Hill|Harry W. Hill]]}}
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==Commandant of Midshipmen==

This post was essentially the second-in-command of the Academy, and presumably had a greater role as "dean of students".<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandant_of_midshipmen Wikipedia.]</ref>

{{TODO|Bring in more from Wikipedia}}

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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers|nick=Christopher R. P. Rodgers|appt=before 1 January, 1861|end=after April, 1861}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Frederick Vallette McNair|nick=Frederick V. McNair|appt=1878|end=1883|as=Commandant of Cadets, Naval Academy|precBy=Edward A. Terry}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Norman von Heldreich Farquhar|nick=Norman von H. Farquhar|appt=1883|end=1886|as=Commandant of Cadets, Naval Academy}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Lathrop Huntington|nick=Charles L. Huntington|appt=1886|end=1887|as=Commandant of Cadets, Naval Academy}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Purnell Frederick Harrington|nick=Purnell F. Harrington|appt=1887|end=1889|as=Commandant of Cadets, Naval Academy}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Henry Glass|nick=Henry Glass|appt=1889|end=1891|as=Commandant of Cadets, Naval Academy}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Colby Mitchell Chester|nick=Colby M. Chester|appt=1891|end=1895|as=Commandant of Cadets, Naval Academy}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Willard Herbert Brownson|nick=Willard H. Brownson|appt=1895|end=1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edwin White|nick=Edwin White|appt=1896|end=1898}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Thomas Hutchins|nick=Charles T. Hutchins|appt=1898|end=1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Ellwood Colahan|nick=Charles E. Colahan|appt=1900|end=1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Johnston Badger|nick=Charles J. Badger|appt=1903|end=1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=George Partridge Colvocoresses|nick=George P. Colvocoresses|appt=1905|end=1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Shepherd Benson|nick=William S. Benson|appt=1907|end=1908}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Augustus Gove|nick=Charles A. Gove|appt=1908|end=1909}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Ramsey Clark|nick=George R. Clark|appt=1909|end=1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Robert Edward Coontz|nick=Robert E. Coontz|appt=1910|end=1911}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Wood Logan|nick=George W. Logan|appt=1911|end=1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Guy Hamilton Burrage|nick=Guy H. Burrage|appt=1914|end=1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Lloyd Horwitz Chandler|nick=Lloyd H. Chandler|appt=mid 1915|end=mid 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Louis McCoy Nulton|nick=Louis McC. Nulton|appt=5 June, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|pp. 12-13}}|end=1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Milo Frederick Draemel|nick=Milo F. Draemel|appt=1937<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandant_of_midshipmen Wikipedia.]</ref>|end=1940<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandant_of_midshipmen Wikipedia.]</ref>}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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