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United States Secretary of the Navy

statutory office and the head of the U.S. Department of the Navy
Intangible position Q940135
United States Secretary of the Navy
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United States Secretary of the Navy

Summary

United States Secretary of the Navy is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 0.91% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,809 views/month, #32 of 3,525).[2]

Key Facts

  • United States Secretary of the Navy is in the country of United States[3].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's instance of is recorded as position[4].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's instance of is recorded as civil servant[5].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's instance of is recorded as minister of the Navy[6].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[7].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's military branch is recorded as United States Navy[8].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's Commons category is recorded as United States Secretaries of the Navy[9].
  • June 18, 1798 marks the founding of United States Secretary of the Navy[10].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's appointed by is recorded as President of the United States[11].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's official website is recorded as http://www.navy.mil/secnav[12].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United States secretaries of the navy[13].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[14].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's position holder is recorded as John Phelan[15].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's replaces is recorded as United States Secretary of War[16].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as United States Department of the Navy[17].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'מזכירת הצי של ארצות הברית'}[18].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'secretaria de la Armada de los Estados Unidos'}[19].
  • United States Secretary of the Navy's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'sekretarka Združenih držav Amerike zs vojno mornarico'}[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include position[4], civil servant[5], and minister of the Navy[6].

Origins

June 18, 1798 marks the founding of United States Secretary of the Navy[10].

Why It Matters

United States Secretary of the Navy ranks in the top 0.91% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,809 views/month, #32 of 3,525).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · IntensionalLogican · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position holder → John Phelan
    Part of → —
    Headquarters location → Washington, D.C.
    Official website → http://www.navy.mil/secnav
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2389]]: [[Q139761112]]"
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