Editing Vice Chief of Naval Operations (section)

== List of vice chiefs of naval operations ==

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!rowspan="2"| No.
!rowspan="2"| Image
!rowspan="2"| Name
!colspan="2"| Tenure
!rowspan="2"| Post(s) held after VCNO tenure
|-
! Began
! Ended
|-
|1
| [[File:Admiral Frederick J Horne.png|75px]]
| VADM (ADM) [[Frederick J. Horne]]
| 26 March 1942
| 2 September 1945
| {{small|Retired, 1945<br/>Promoted to admiral on 29 January 1945}}
|-
| 2 
| [[File:ADM_Richard_S._Edwards.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Richard S. Edwards|Richard S. Edwards Jr.]] 
| 1945
| 1946
| {{small|Commander, [[Western Sea Frontier]] (1946–1947)<br>Commander, [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]] (1946–1947)<br>Retired, 1947}}
|-
| 3 
| [[File:Adm_ramsey.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[DeWitt C. Ramsey|DeWitt Clinton Ramsey]]   
| 15 January 1946
| 3 January 1948
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (1948–1949)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]] (1948–1949<br>High Commissioner, [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] (1948–1949)<br>Retired, 1949}}
|-
| 4 
| [[File:ADM_Arthur_Radford.JPG|75px]]
| VADM [[Arthur W. Radford]]  
| January 1948
| May 1949
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (1949–1953)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]] (1949–1953)<br>High Commissioner, [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] (1949–1951)<br>[[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (1953–1957)<br>Retired, 1957}}
|-
| 5 
| [[File:VADM_John_Dale_Price_USN_aviator_1892-1957.png|75px]]
| VADM [[John D. Price]]	
| 1949
| 1950
| {{small|Retired, 1950<br/>Promoted to admiral upon retirement}}
|-
| 6 
| [[File:ADM_McCormick,_Lynde_D.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Lynde D. McCormick]]       
| 1950
| 1951
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Atlantic Command]] (1951–1954)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet]] (1951–1954)<br>[[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic]] (1952–1954)<br>Retired, 1954}}
|-
| 7
| [[File:Donald_B_Duncan.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Donald B. Duncan]]       
| 1951
| 1956
| {{small|Retired, 1956}}
|-
| 8 
| [[File:Harry_Donald_Felt.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Harry D. Felt]]   
| 1956
| 1958
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (1958–1964)<br>Retired, 1964}}
|-
| 9 
| [[File:ADM James S. Russell.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[James S. Russell]]   
| 21 July 1958
| September 1961
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]] (1961–1965)<br>Retired, 1965}}
|-
| 10 
| [[File:ADM_Claude_V._Ricketts.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Claude V. Ricketts]]   
| 25 September 1961
| 6 July 1964
| {{small|Died in office, 1964}}
|-
| 11 
| [[File:ADM_Rivero,_Horacio_Jr.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Horacio Rivero, Jr.]] 
| July 1964 
| January 1968
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]] (1968–1972)<br>Retired, 1972}}
|-
| 12 
| [[File:Chick Clarey (edit).jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Bernard A. Clarey]]   
| January 1968 | 
| December 1970
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]] (1970–1973)<br>Retired 1973}}
|-
| 13 
| [[File:L38-18 ADM Ralph W. Cousins.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Ralph W. Cousins]] 
| 1970
| 1972
| {{small|[[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic]] (1972–1975)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Atlantic Command]] (1972–1975)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet]] (1972–1975)<br>Retired, 1975}}
|-
| 14 
| [[File:CINCPAC_ADM_Weisner.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Maurice F. Weisner]] 
| 1972 
| 1973
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]] (1973–1976)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (1976–1979)<br>Retired, 1979}}
|-
| 15 
| [[File:James_Holloway_III.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[James L. Holloway III]] 
| September 1973
| 1974
| {{small|Chief of Naval Operations (1974–1978)<br>Retired, 1978}}
|-
| 16 
| [[File:ADM_Worth_H._Bagley.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Worth H. Bagley]] 
| June 1974 
| July 1975
| {{small|Retired, 1975}}
|-
| 17 
| [[File:ADM Shear, Harold Edson.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Harold E. Shear]] 
| 1975
| 1977
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]] (1978–1980)<br>Retired, 1980<br>Administrator of the [[United States Maritime Administration|Maritime Administration]] (1981–1985)}}
|-
| 18 
| [[File:Robert_LJ_Long.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Robert L. J. Long]] 
| July 1977
| April 1979
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (1979–1983)<br>Retired, 1983}}
|-
| 19 
| [[File:Admiral James Watkins, official military photo.JPEG|75px]]
| ADM [[James D. Watkins]] 
| April 1979
| 1981
| {{small|Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (1981–1982)<br>Chief of Naval Operations (1982–1986)<br>Retired, 1986<br>[[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]] (1989–1993)}}
|-
| 20 
| [[File:ADM Small, William Newell.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[William N. Small]] 
| 1981
| 1983
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Naval Forces Europe]] (1983–1985)<br>Commander in Chief, [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]] (1983–1985)<br>Retired, 1985}}
|-
| 21 
| [[File:Ronald J Hays.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Ronald J. Hays]] 
| 1983
| 1985
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (1985–1988)<br>Retired, 1988}}
|-
| 22 
| [[File:James B Busey IV.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[James B. Busey IV]] 
| September 1985
| March 1987<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/REGULARS/Busey-James%20B.pdf|title=James B. Busey, Admiral USN (Ret.), NA #5081|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Naval Forces Europe]] (1987–1989)<br>Commander in Chief, [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]] (1987–1989)<br>Retired, 1989<br>Administrator of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (1989–1991)<br>[[United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation|Deputy Secretary of Transportation]] (1991–1992)}}
|-
| 23 
| [[File:Huntington Hardisty.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Huntington Hardisty]] 
| March 1987
| 1988
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (1988–1991)<br>Retired, 1991}}
|-
| 24 
| [[File:Portrait of US Navy Admiral Leon A. Edney.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Leon A. Edney]]       
| August 1988
| May 1990
| {{small|[[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic]] (1990–1992)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Atlantic Command]] (1990–1992)<br>Retired, 1992}}
|-
| 25 
| [[File:Jerome L Johnson.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Jerome L. Johnson]] 
| May 1990
| July 1992
| {{small|Retired, 1992}}
|-
| 26 
| [[File:Stanley R Arthur.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Stanley R. Arthur]]   
| 6 July 1992
| 1995
| {{small|Retired, 1995}}
|-
| 27 
| [[File:Joseph W. Prueher, ADM USN, 1996.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Joseph Prueher|Joseph W. Prueher]]       
| April 1995
| 1996
| {{small|Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (1996–1999)<br>Retired, 1999<br>[[U.S. Ambassador to China]] (1999–2001).}}
|-
| 28 
| [[File:Admiral Jay L. Johnson, 1996.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Jay L. Johnson]]       
| April 1996
| August 1996
| {{small|Chief of Naval Operations (1996–2000)<br>Retired, 2000}}
|-
| 29 
| [[File:Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr..jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Harold W. Gehman, Jr.]] 
| September 1996
| September 1997
|{{small|[[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic]] (1997–2000)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Atlantic Command]] (1997–1999)<br>Commander in Chief, [[U.S. Joint Forces Command]] (1999–2000)<br>Retired, 2000}}
|-
| 30 
| [[File:Donald L Pilling.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Donald L. Pilling]] 
| October 1997
| October 2000
| {{small|Retired, 2000}}
|-
| 31 
| [[File:Adm. William J. Fallon.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[William J. Fallon]] 
| October 2000
| August 2003
| {{small|Commander, [[Fleet Forces Command]]/[[U.S. Atlantic Fleet]] (2003–2005)<br>Commander, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (2005–2007)<br>Commander, [[U.S. Central Command]] (2007–2008)<br>Retired, 2008}}
|-
| 32 
| [[File:Admiral Michael Mullen, official Navy photograph.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Michael G. Mullen]] 
| August 2003
| August 2004
| {{small|Commander, [[U.S. Naval Forces Europe]] (2004–2005)<br>Commander, [[Allied Joint Force Command Naples]] (2004–2005)<br>Chief of Naval Operations (2005–2007)<br>[[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (2007–2011)<br>Retired, 2011}}
|-
| 33 
| [[File:John B. Nathman.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[John B. Nathman]] 
| August 2004
| February 2005
| {{small|Commander, [[U.S. Fleet Forces Command]] (2005–2007)<br>Retired, 2007}}
|-
| 34 
| [[File:Robert F. Willard cov.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Robert F. Willard]]
| 18 March 2005
| 5 April 2007
| {{small|Commander, [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]] (2007–2009)<br>Commander, [[U.S. Pacific Command]] (2009–2012)<br>Retired, 2012}}
|-
| 35 
| [[File:ADM_Walsh.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Patrick M. Walsh]] 
| 5 April 2007
| 13 August 2009
| {{small|Commander, [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]] (2009–2012)<br>Retired, 2012}}
|-
| 36 
| [[File:Jonathan W. Greenert 2010.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Jonathan W. Greenert]]
| 13 August 2009
| 22 August 2011
| {{small|Chief of Naval Operations (2011–2015)<br>Retired, 2015}}
|-
| 37 
| [[File:ADM Mark E. Ferguson III VCNO.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Mark E. Ferguson III]] 
| 22 August 2011
| 1 July 2014
| {{small|Commander, [[U.S. Naval Forces Europe]] (2014–2016)<br>Commander, [[U.S. Naval Forces Africa]] (2014–2016)<br>Commander, [[Allied Joint Force Command Naples]] (2014–2016)<br>Retired, 2016}}
|-
| 38 
| [[File:Admiral_Michelle_J._Howard_VCNO.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Michelle J. Howard]]
| 1 July 2014
| 31 May 2016
| {{small|Commander, [[U.S. Naval Forces Europe]] (2016–2017)<br>Commander, [[U.S. Naval Forces Africa]] (2016–2017)<br>Commander, [[Allied Joint Force Command Naples]] (2016–2017)<br>Retired, 2017}}
|-
| 39 
| [[File:Moran_2016_2.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[William F. Moran (admiral)|William F. Moran]]
| 31 May 2016
| 10 June 2019
| {{small|Retired, 2019}}<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://lacrossetribune.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/admiral-to-lead-navy-instead-will-retire-bad-judgment-cited/article_b5d85351-8d8f-57c7-bc9b-6199ff629164.html | title = Admiral to lead Navy instead will retire; bad judgment cited | work = [[La Crosse Tribune]] | agency = [[Associated Press]] | last = Burns | first = Robert | date = 7 July 2019 | access-date = 8 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 40
| [[File:Adm. Robert P. Burke.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Robert P. Burke]]
| 10 June 2019
| 29 May 2020
| {{small|Commander, [[United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa]] (2020–2022)<br/>Commander, [[Allied Joint Force Command Naples]] (2020–2022)<br>Retired, 2022}}
|-
| 41
| [[File:Adm. William K. Lescher.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[William K. Lescher]]
| 29 May 2020
| 2 September 2022
| {{small|Retired, 2022}}
|-
| 42
| [[File:ADM Lisa M. Franchetti (2).jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[Lisa M. Franchetti]]
| 2 September 2022
| 2 November 2023
| {{small|[[Chief of Naval Operations]] (2023–2025)}}
|-
| 43
| [[File:ADM James W. Kilby.jpg|75px]]
| ADM [[James W. Kilby]]
| 5 January 2024
| ''Incumbent''
| 
|}