Civil Engineer Corps

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Civil engineers were employed by the Navy Department as early as 1827, when Mr. Loammi Baldwin was appointed to superintendent of the construction of dry docks at Boston and Norfolk. Prior to the passage of the Act of 2 March 1867 civil engineers were appointed by the Secretary, but under authority of that act they were to be commissioned by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; they were appropriated for as part of the civil establishment at the several navy yards and stations under the control of the Bureau of Yards and Docks until 1870. At that time their pay was regulated by section 3 of the Act of 15 July 1870 that "fixed" the annual pay of officers of the Navy on the active list. Appropriations for their pay have been made since 1870 under the head of "Pay of the Navy".

The discretionary authority given to the president by the Statute of 3 March 1871, to determine and fix the relative rank of civil engineers was not exercised until the 24th of February 1881, when relative rank was conferred upon them and fixed as follows: One with the relative rank of captain (Capt), two with that of commander (Cdr), three with that of lieutenant-commander (Lcdr), and four with that of lieutenant (Lt).

The Navy Regulations for 1876 failed to list civil engineers among the staff officers of the Navy, and the uniform regulations for that year did not prescribe a uniform or a corps device for that class of officer. In 1881, after having had relative rank conferred upon them, civil engineers were instructed by Uniform Circular dated 24 August to wear the uniform of officers of the line with whom they had relative rank - omitting the star, but with the distinctive letters C.E. (Old English) embroidered in silver in the center. The same letters to be similarly embroidered on frogs of epaulets.

In 1905, two crossed silver sprigs, each composed of two oak leaves and an acorn (sometimes called "Crossed Bananas"), was adopted as the insignia of the Civil Engineer Corps replacing the Old English letters C.E. These were to be worn on the epaulets, shoulder straps and collar of the service coat. While the pattern of this corps device remained the same, uniform regulations issued in 1919 specified that it was to be embroidered in gold instead of silver and worn on the sleeve of frock, evening dress, and blue service coats, above the gold lace strips, and on shoulder marks for white service coat and overcoat. By these same regulations the light blue cloth worn under the sleeve strips, and worn on the shoulder marks since 1899, was abolished as a distinction of the corps, however is still present in the light blue color of the stripes worn by enlisted, pay grades E-3 and below in the Navy's construction field.

In 1939 the CEC was composed of 126 active officers. By VJ day that number had grown to only 200. However, there were over 10,000 reservists providing the leadership of the Construction Battalions.{{Cite web |last=Anonymous |date=2007-04-01 |title=A history of the Navy Civil Engineer Corps, 1867 – 2007 |url=https://www.navfac.navy.mil/content/dam/navfac/PDFs/history/history-of-the-civil-engineer-corps.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328180127/https://www.navfac.navy.mil/content/dam/navfac/PDFs/history/history-of-the-civil-engineer-corps.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-28 |website=Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command}}

In December 1941 Admiral Ben Moreell proposed the creation of three Naval Construction Battalions. A problem then confronted BuDocks, who would command the Construction Battalions? Naval regulations stated that military command of naval personnel was strictly limited to line officers, yet BuDocks deemed it essential that these Construction Battalions be commanded by officers of the Civil Engineer Corp, who were trained in the skills required for construction work. The newly formed Bureau of Naval Personnel (BuPers), successor to the Navy's Bureau of Navigation, strongly opposed this transgression of Naval tradition. Admiral Moreell took the question personally to the Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, who, on 19 March 1942, gave authority for officers of the Civil Engineer Corps to exercise military authority over all officers and enlisted men assigned to construction units otherwise known as the Seabees. For those engineers assigned to the Seabees a silver Seabee was mounted to the center of the CEC crossed oak leaves insignia. The Seabee logo incorporated the CEC insignia, with one on each arm of the Seabee, just above each glove.

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Besides providing the command leadership and engineering skills needed by the Naval Construction Force (NCF), the CEC made a major contribution to the war effort. CAPT. John N. Laycock created the Seabee's "magic box".The Navy's Pinup Boxes, Popular Science, Commodore W. Mack Angas CEC, Feb. 1946 [https://books.google.com/books?id=2yADAAAAMBAJ&dq=Navy+Lighterage+pontoons+%22Popular+Science%22&pg=PA91 "Navy's pin-up Boxes", February 1946, Popular Science] illustrations of NPL units Today's Navy lighterage pontoon is a direct descendant of his creation.

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Early in 1943 the Navy began training its first African American officers. In May, Morehouse and MIT graduate Edward S. Hope, was the first to enter the CEC. He went through training at Camp Endicott and was posted as the Public Works officer at Manana Barracks, Hawaii Territory as a Lieutenant. Manana Barracks was the largest "black installation" the U.S. military had. He eventually was promoted to Lieutenant Commander which made him the Navy's highest ranking African American during WWII.

The first CEC killed in Pacific combat were Lt. Irwin W. Lee and Lt. (jg) George W. Stephenson along with 23 enlisted of the 24th CB. They died in an air raid on 2 July 1943 on Rendova Island. The Seabees named their Naval Training Center at Quoddy Village Eastport, Maine, Camp Lee-Stephenson in honor of them.CAMP LEE-STEPHENSON MONUMENT AT QUODDY VILLAGE, EASTPORT, MAINE, CEC / Seabee Historical Foundation

PO Box 657, Gulfport, MS 39502, (228) 865-0480, info@seabeehf.org [http://seabeehf.org/resources/memorials-monuments/camp-lee-stephenson-monument-at-quoddy-village-eastport-maine/]

The first CEC killed in the Atlantic combat was Lt. Carl M. Olson of St Paul, Minnesota, on 10 September 1943 at Salerno, Italy. His design for the landing end of pontoon assemblies was used throughout the war.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6oLtZBuRZH4C&dq=truk+island+seabees&pg=PT228 The King Bee. Capt. A.N. Olsen (CEC), Trafford Publishing, 2007]

• Capt. Wilfred L. Painter (CEC) was awarded four Gold Stars to the Legion of Merit (plus the Combat "V" for each of the additional stars).Wilfred L. Painter, NHHC website, Seabee Museum Archive, Port Hueneme, CA, Jan. 31, 2020 [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/seabee/explore/civil-engineer-corps-history/wilfred-l--painter.html] Lt. Painter received his first award for his leadership in the salvage of the USS California and the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor. For the West Virginia Lt. Painter got 120 seabees from the 16th CB to expedite the operation including pouring 650 tons of marine concrete to seal the hull.16th Naval Construction Battalion, Seabee Museum Archives, Port Hueneme, CA., p. 7 [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/016%20NCB.pdf]

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During WWII the Seabees had a number of battalions transferred to the Marine Corps.{{cite book |title=Can Do!: The Story of the Seabees |first=William Bradford |last=Huie |author-link=William Bradford Huie |publisher=E. P. Dutton |location=New York |year=1945}}{{cite web |url=http://ww2usnavycbreenacted.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/9/7/11973339/5674393_orig.jpg |title=WWII CB uniform |website=Weebly.com |access-date=18 October 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://ww2usnavycbreenacted.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/9/7/11973339/7753887_orig.png |title=WWII CB uniform, 1944 Leatherneck Magazine |website=weebly.com |access-date=18 October 2017}} Those battalions were then given USMC designations and the men were given standard Marine Corps issue in addition to their dress naval uniform. For CEC the standard gold and silver officer corps insignia was replaced by a brass subdued one on the garrison hat. The battalions involved were the 18th, 19th, 25th, 53rd and 121st.(see 17th Marine Regiment, 18th Marine Regiment, 19th Marine Regiment, and 20th Marine Regiment) The 31st and 133rd CBs were issued USMC fatigues and attached to the shore parties of the 4th Marine Division and 5th Marine Division for Iwo Jima. The CEC involved would have worn the subdued insignia also. Other battalions were tasked with Marine Corps shore party assignments both prior to and post-Iwo Jima.

Tasked as combat engineers, the CEC of the 18th and 121st CBs designed a detachable ramp mounted on a LVT-2.Seabees and doodlebugs at Tinian, This date in Seabee History July 24, 1944, Seabee Museum website, Port Hueneme, CA[V] Its purpose was to enable the Marines to land on Tinian's beaches bordered by coral embankments up to 15 feet high. Ten LVTs were modified using iron beams salvaged from a sugar factory on Saipan. The commanding General Harry Schmidt was skeptical of the design. He ordered that a vehicle test one, a hundred times, before he would use it in combat. The ramps not only stood up, but they allowed the Marines to land where there were no defenses as a landing there had been thought impossible. The astonished Japanese were overwhelmed and outflanked due to the ramps. The LVTs were nicknamed "doodlebugs".

• Guam: 3rd Marine Regiment, Cmdr. Wehlen CEC 3rd Battalion 19th Marines / Naval Construction Battalion 25 beaches Red 1 and Red 2
• Bougainville: 3rd Marine Division Cmdr. Brockenbrough CEC 71st CB with detachments from the 25th, 53rd, and the 75th CBs (and as well as the Marines).{{cite book |title=71st U.S. Naval Construction Battalion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVZ2Wq35HQwC&pg=PT103|publisher=U.S. Navy Seabee Museum |page=14}} beaches: Blue 1,2,3 Yellow 1,2,3,4 Green 1,2 Red 1,2,3
• Iwo Jima: 23rd Marine Regiment Cmdr. Raymond P. Murphy CEC, 133rd CB beaches Yellow 1 and Yellow 2.

Operational Naval Demolition Unit No. 1. was the very first USN "demolitions" unit. In early May 1943, a two-phase "Naval Demolition Project" was directed by the Chief of Naval Operations "to meet a present and urgent requirement". The first phase began at Amphibious Training Base (ATB) Solomons, Maryland with the establishment of Operational Naval Demolition Unit No. 1. Six Officers and eighteen enlisted men reported from NTC Camp Peary dynamiting and demolition school, for a four-week course. Those Seabees, led by Lt. Fred Wise CEC, were immediately sent to participate in the invasion of Sicily.{{cite web |url=https://www.navysealmuseum.org/about-navy-seals/seal-history-the-naval-special-warfare-story/seal-history-origins-of-naval-special-warfare-wwii |title=Seal History: Origins of Naval Special Warfare – WWII |website=Navy Seal Museum Archives |access-date=18 October 2017}} When the unit returned to Camp Peary most of the men were assigned to the new Naval Combat Demolition Units being formed there.

Naval Combat Demolition Units were led by junior CEC officers.{{Cite web |url=http://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/2016/09/12/this-week-in-seabee-history-week-of-sept-11/ |title=Seabee online magazine- this week in Seabee History |access-date=2017-10-13 |archive-date=2017-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172300/http://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/2016/09/12/this-week-in-seabee-history-week-of-sept-11/ |url-status=dead }} There were over 200 NCDUs formed with all but five being requisitioned for the UDTs.

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V Amphibious Corps had identified coral as an issue for Amphibious landings in the Pacific and determined Naval Constructions Battalions had the only people with any experience with the material. Lt. Thomas C. Crist CEC, from NCB 10 was in Honolulu from Canton Island where he had been involved in a lagoon coral head clearance project.Lt Crist, "The MOCK-UP", Fort Pierce Amphibious Training Base (ATB) Newspaper, 20 July 1945 , p. 4, Fort Pierce SEAL Archives, Fort Pierce, FL. His being in Pearl Harbor turned out to be pivotal in UDT history. Admiral Turner and V Amphibious Corps were interested in dealing with coral and had identified the Seabees as the only people with any applicable knowledge. The Admirals staff learned of Lt. Crist's presence in Pearl Harbor and ordered him to report. The Admiral commissioned Lt. Crist with developing a method to blast coral under combat conditions and staging qualified men in Pearl to form a unit for that task. Lt. Crist had staged 30 officers and 150 enlisted from the 7th Naval Construction Regiment when the disaster at Tarawa happened. With Kwajalein the next operation, Lt. Crist's 180 men were used to form UDT 1 and UDT 2. Cmdr. E. D. Brewster (CEC) was selected to command UDT 1 and Lt Crist was picked for UDT 2. That did not last as Admiral Connelly wanted a commander with combat experience. So, Lt. Crist was made ops officer for team 2. At Kwajalein Ensign L. Leuhrs and Carp. W. Acheson CEC anticipated that they may not to get the intel Admiral Turner wanted just paddling a dinghy and wore swim trunks under their fatigues. They decided to strip down and go in the water in broad daylight on a hostile beach to get what the Admiral wanted. Doing that changed the UDT mission model and made them the predecessors of the Navy's special ops. Upon returning to Hawaii Lt. Crist was named as the first Training Officer of the UDT program. He was in the position only a short time when he was selected as commander of UDT 3. For the Marianas operations of Kwajelein, Roi-Namur, Siapan, Tinian, Eniwetok, and Guam. Admiral Turner recommended sixty silver stars and over three hundred bronze stars with Vs for the Seabees and others of UDTs 1-7,"America's First Frogman", Elizabeth K. Bush, Naval Institute Press, 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, Maryland, 2012, Chapt. 7, {{ISBN|978-1-61251-298-3}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=_1THUFop2BkC&dq=UDTs+at+Guam&pg=PT122] which was unprecedented in U.S. Naval and Marine Corps history. For UDTs 5 and 7 every officer received a silver star and all the enlisted received bronze stars with Vs for Operation Forager (Tinian).Naked Warriors, Cdt. Francis Douglas Fane USNR (Ret.), St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10010, 1996, pp. 122, 131, {{ISBN|0-312-95985-0}} For UDTs 3 and 4 every officer received a silver star and all the enlisted received bronze stars with Vs for Operation Forager (Guam). Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly felt the commanders of teams 3 and 4 (Lt. Crist and Lt. W.G. Carberry) should have received Navy Crosses. When UDT 3 returned from Leyte in November 1944 it became the training instructors of the Maui school and Lt. Crist was made base Training Officer again.{{cite web |url=http://www.viewoftherockies.com/UDTWWII.html |title=The Teams in World War II |website=View of the Rockies |access-date=18 October 2017}} The team would remain in these jobs until April 1945 when it was sent to Fort Pierce to do the same job there. Lt. Crist had been promoted to Lt. Cmdr. and was sent back to Hawaii but his Team 3 Seabees would train teams 12–22.

Diving masks were not common in 1944 and a few men had tried using goggles at Kwajalein.Naked Warriors, Cdr. Francis Douglas Fane USNR (Ret.), St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10010, 1996, p. 82, {{ISBN|0-312-95985-0}} They were a rare item in the Hawaiian sports stores so Lt. Crist and Seabee Chief Howard Roeder and put in a request to the Supply Corps for them. Fortuitously, a diving mask ad was spotted in a magazine. That prompted a priority dispatch to the States appropriating the store's entire stock.

In 1944 the Navy created an unheralded program to dredge harbors to increase accessibility and stevedoring productivity at advance bases. The 301st CB was created for the job and given two ex-NCDU (CEC) and two ex-UDT (CEC) to assist. Between them they had three Silver Stars and a Bronze Star for valor.

During WWII fifteen CEC were taken as prisoners of war.CEC WWII prisoners of war, Civil Engineering Corps History, Naval History Heritage Command, Seabee Museum Archives,Port Hueneme,CA [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/seabee/explore/civil-engineer-corps-history/civil-engineer-corps-prisoners-of-war--world-war-ii-.html] All were in the Pacific and all were taken at the onset of hostilities at Cavite, Philippines, Wake, and Guam. Six would die: one executed, two from friendly fire, and three from mal-treatment. One POW, Lt. Jerry Steward CEC, received the Navy Cross, Purple Heart with three gold stars, Army Distinguished Unit Badge with Oak leaf cluster, Philippine Distinguished Service Star and was the most decorated CEC officer of WWII. Postwar he retired as a Rear Admiral.

The presidential retreat is officially Naval Support Facility Thurmont. The CEC staffs the base command. The Marine Corps provides base security while Seabees oversee base operations and maintenance. The current base commander is Capt. Christopher S. Casne (CEC) while the executive officer is Lcdr. Christopher L. Adcock (CEC).Biographies, CNIC, Naval Support Facility Thurmont web page, Commander, Navy Installations Command, 716 Sicard Street SE, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20374-5140 [https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Regions/ndw/installations/nsf_thurmont/about/Bio_Main/]

• The Naval Special Warfare Command building at the U.S.N. Seal base at Fort Pierce is named for LTJG Frank Kaine CEC commander of NCDU 2.

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| image = RADM_Albert_R._Marschall_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Albert R. Marschall

| officeholder_sort = Marschall, Albert R.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 11 May 1973

| term_end = 27 May 1977

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|11 May 1973|27 May 1977}}

| defence_branch = Naval Facilities Engineering Command

| alt_officeholder = Elmo Zumwalt

| alt_officeholder2 = James L. Holloway III

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 29

| image = RADM_Walter_M._Enger_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Walter M. Enger

| officeholder_sort = Enger, Walter M.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 29 August 1969

| term_end = 11 May 1973

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|29 August 1969|11 May 1973}}

| defence_branch = Naval Facilities Engineering Command

| alt_officeholder = Thomas Hinman Moorer

| alt_officeholder2 = Elmo Zumwalt

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 28

| image = RADM_Alexander_C._Husband_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Alexander C. Husband

| officeholder_sort = Husband, Alexander C.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 November 1965

| term_end = 29 August 1969

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1 November 1965|29 August 1969}}

| defence_branch = Naval Facilities Engineering Command

| alt_officeholder = David L. McDonald

| alt_officeholder2 = Thomas Hinman Moorer

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 27

| image = RADM_Peter_Corradi_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Peter Corradi

| officeholder_sort = Corradi, Peter

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 12 February 1962

| term_end = 31 October 1965

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|12 February 1962|31 October 1965}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = George Whelan Anderson Jr.

| alt_officeholder2 = David L. McDonald

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 26

| image = RADM_Eugene_J._Peltier_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Eugene J. Peltier

| officeholder_sort = Peltier, Eugene J.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 2 December 1957

| term_end = 30 January 1962

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2 December 1957|30 January 1962}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Arleigh Burke

| alt_officeholder2 = George Whelan Anderson Jr.

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 25

| image = RADM_Robert_H._Meade_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Robert H. Meade

| officeholder_sort = Meade, Robert H.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 8 November 1955

| term_end = 30 November 1957

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|8 November 1955|30 November 1957}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Arleigh Burke

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 24

| image = RADM_John_R._Perry_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = John Richard Perry

| officeholder_sort = Perry, John R.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 3 November 1953

| term_end = 25 September 1955

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|3 November 1953|25 September 1955}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Robert Carney

| alt_officeholder2 = Arleigh Burke

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 23

| image = RADM_Joseph_F._Jelley_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Joseph F. Jelley

| officeholder_sort = Jelley, Joseph F.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 December 1949

| term_end = 3 November 1953

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1 December 1949|3 November 1953}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Forrest Sherman

| alt_officeholder2 = Lynde D. McCormick

| alt_officeholder3 = William Fechteler

| alt_officeholder4 = Robert Carney

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 22

| image = RADM_John_J._Manning_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = John J. Manning

| officeholder_sort = Manning, John J.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1894

| died_year = 1962{{cite news | url=https://nyti.ms/3gon6BF | title=Admiral John J. Manning Dead; Led the Seabees at Normandy | work=The New York Times }}

| term_start = 1 December 1945

| term_end = 1 December 1949

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1 December 1945|1 December 1949}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Ernest J. King

| alt_officeholder2 = Chester W. Nimitz

| alt_officeholder3 = Louis E. Denfeld

| alt_officeholder4 = Forrest Sherman

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 21

| image = ADM_Ben_Moreell_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Ben Moreell

| officeholder_sort = Moreell, Ben

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1892

| died_year = 1978

| term_start = 1 December 1937

| term_end = 1 December 1945

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1 December 1937|1 December 1945}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = William D. Leahy

| alt_officeholder2 = Harold Rainsford Stark

| alt_officeholder3 = Ernest J. King

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 20

| image = RADM_Norman_M._Smith_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Norman M. Smith

| officeholder_sort = Smith, Norman M.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 23 December 1933

| term_end = 30 November 1937

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|23 December 1933|30 November 1937}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = William Harrison Standley

| alt_officeholder2 = William D. Leahy

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 19

| image = RADM_Archibald_L._Parsons_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Archibald L. Parsons

| officeholder_sort = Parsons, Archibald L.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 23 December 1929

| term_end = 22 December 1933

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|23 December 1929|22 December 1933}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Charles Frederick Hughes

| alt_officeholder2 = William V. Pratt

| alt_officeholder3 = William Harrison Standley

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 18

| image = RADM_Luther_E._Gregory_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Luther E. Gregory

| officeholder_sort = Gregory, Luther E.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 20 December 1921

| term_end = 21 December 1929

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|20 December 1921|21 December 1929}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Robert Coontz

| alt_officeholder2 = Edward Walter Eberle

| alt_officeholder3 = Charles Frederick Hughes

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 17

| image = RADM_Charles_W._Parks_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Charles W. Parks

| officeholder_sort = Parks, Charles W.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 11 January 1918

| term_end = 15 December 1921

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|11 January 1918|15 December 1921}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = William S. Benson

| alt_officeholder2 = Robert Coontz

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 16

| image = RADM_Frederic_R._Harris_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Frederic R. Harris

| officeholder_sort = Harris, Frederic R.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 21 January 1916

| term_end = 30 November 1917

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|21 January 1916|30 November 1917}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = William S. Benson

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 15

| image = RADM_Homer_R._Stanford_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Homer R. Stanford

| officeholder_sort = Stanford, Homer R.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 14 January 1912

| term_end = 13 January 1916

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|14 January 1912|13 January 1916}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Charles E. Vreeland

| alt_officeholder2 = Bradley A. Fiske

| alt_officeholder3 = William S. Benson

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 14

| image = RADM_Richard_C._Hollyday_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Richard C. Hollyday

| officeholder_sort = Hollyday, Richard C.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 26 March 1907

| term_end = 13 January 1912

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|26 March 1907|13 January 1912}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder = Richard Wainwright

| alt_officeholder2 = Charles E. Vreeland

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 13

| image = RADM_Harry_H._Rousseau_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Harry H. Rousseau

| officeholder_sort = Rousseau, Harry H.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 6 January 1907

| term_end = 25 March 1907

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|6 January 1907|25 March 1907}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 12

| image = RADM_Mordecai_T._Endicott_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = RADM

| officeholder = Mordecai T. Endicott

| officeholder_sort = Endicott, Mordecai T.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 4 April 1898

| term_end = 5 January 1907

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|4 April 1898|5 January 1907}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 11

| image = RADM_Edmund_O._Matthews_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CDRE

| officeholder = Edmund O. Matthews

| officeholder_sort = Matthews, Edmund O.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 21 March 1894

| term_end = 16 March 1898

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|21 March 1894|16 March 1898}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 10

| image = CAPT_Norman_H._Farquhar_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CDRE

| officeholder = Norman H. Farquhar

| officeholder_sort = Farquhar, Norman H.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 6 March 1890

| term_end = 6 March 1894

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|6 March 1890|6 March 1894}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 9

| image = CDRE_George_B._White_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CDRE

| officeholder = George D. White

| officeholder_sort = White, George D.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 2 April 1889

| term_end = 27 February 1890

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2 April 1889|27 February 1890}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 8

| image = CDRE_David_B._Harmony_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CDRE

| officeholder = David B. Harmony

| officeholder_sort = Harmony, David B.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 27 March 1885

| term_end = 2 April 1889

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|27 March 1885|2 April 1889}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 7

| image = RADM_Edward_T._Nichols_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CDRE

| officeholder = Edward T. Nichols

| officeholder_sort = Nichols, Edward T.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 4 June 1881

| term_end = 1 March 1885

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|4 June 1881|1 March 1885}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 6

| image = CAPT_Richard_L._Law_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CDRE

| officeholder = Richard L. Law

| officeholder_sort = Law, Richard L.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 July 1878

| term_end = 4 June 1881

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1 July 1878|4 June 1881}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 5

| image = RADM_John_C._Howell_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CDRE

| officeholder = John C. Howell

| officeholder_sort = Howell, John Cummings

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 21 September 1874

| term_end = 1 July 1878

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|21 September 1874|1 July 1878}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 4

| image = RADM_Christopher_R._P._Rodgers_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CDRE

| officeholder = Christopher R. P. Rodgers

| officeholder_sort = Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 October 1871

| term_end = 21 September 1874

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1 October 1871|21 September 1874}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 3

| image = CAPT_Daniel_Ammen_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CAPT

| officeholder = Daniel Ammen

| officeholder_sort = Ammen, Daniel

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 May 1869

| term_end = 1 October 1871

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1 May 1869|1 October 1871}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 2

| image = RADM_Joseph_Smith_CEC_USN.jpg

| military_rank = CAPT

| officeholder = Joseph Smith

| officeholder_sort = Smith, Joseph

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 25 May 1846

| term_end = 1 May 1869

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|25 May 1846|1 May 1869}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 1

| image = CAPT_Lewis_Warrington.jpg

| military_rank = CAPT

| officeholder = Lewis Warrington

| officeholder_sort = Warrington, Lewis

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 31 August 1842

| term_end = 25 May 1846

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|31 August 1842|25 May 1846}}

| defence_branch = Bureau of Yards and Docks

| alt_officeholder =

| cabinet =

}}

|}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150113040419/http://www.navfac.navy.mil/jobs/students_and_grads/CEC_Collegiate_Program.html CEC Accessions Website]
• [https://archive.today/20121203063255/http://www.seabee.navy.mil/ Seabee Website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090510003221/https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/csfe/cecos/ Civil Engineer Corps Officer School (CECOS) Website]
• [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/seabee/explore/civil-engineer-corps-history.html Navy Civil Engineer Corps History]

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