General Board of the United States Navy

"General Board" redirects here. For other uses, see General Board (disambiguation).
The General Board of the U.S. Navy in November, 1947. From left to right: Colonel Randolph M. Pate; Admiral Walter F. Boone; Admiral Charles H. McMorris; Admiral John H. Towers; Rear Admiral Charles B. Momsen; Captain Leon J. Huffman; Commander J. M. Lee; Captain Arleigh A. Burke

The General Board of the United States Navy was an advisory body of the United States Navy, somewhat akin to a naval general staff. The General Board was established by general order 544, issued on March 13, 1900 by Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long. The order was officially recognized by Congress in 1916.[1] The General Board was disbanded in 1951.

  1. ^ Robert W. Neeser . The Department of the Navy. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb., 1917), pp. 59-75