Office of Naval Intelligence
From The Dreadnought Project
America's Office of Naval Intelligence (often just O.N.I.) was established in 1882.
History
Directors
The Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence was called the "Chief Intelligence Officer" until 1911.
- Lieutenant Theodorus B. M. Mason, June, 1882
- Lieutenant Raymond P. Rodgers, April, 1895
- Commander Charles H. Davis, September, 1889
- Commander French E. Chadwick, September, 1892
- Lieutenant Commander Frederic Singer, 1 July, 1893[1]
- Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, April, 1896
- Commander Richardson Clover, 15 November, 1897[2] – late April, 1898[3]
- Captain (Retired) John R. Bartlett, 25 April, 1898[4] – October, 1898
- Commander Richardson Clover, 15 October, 1898[5]
- Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, 26 January, 1900[6]
- Captain Seaton Schroeder, 1 May, 1903[7] – April, 1906[Inference]
- Captain Raymond P. Rodgers, April, 1906[8]
- Captain Charles E. Vreeland, May, 1909 – 6 December, 1909[Inference]
- Captain Templin M. Potts, December, 1909[9]
- Captain Thomas S. Rodgers, 19 January, 1912[10] – December, 1913[11][Inference]
- Captain Henry F. Bryan, December, 1913
- Rear Admiral James H. Oliver, 20 January, 1914[12] – April, 1917[13][Inference]
- Rear Admiral Roger Welles, April, 1917
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, 1 May, 1919[14]
Assistant Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander William W. Galbraith, 27 November, 1919[15]
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 10.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. pp. 7, 43.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 43.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
- ↑ Certainly in office by 1 January, 1907.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 18-19.
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