States Fleet: Hilary P. Jones 1922–1923 Robert E. Coontz 1923–1925 Samuel S. Robison 1925–1926 Charles F. Hughes 1926–1927 Henry A. Wiley 1927–1929 William V. Pratt 1929–1930 Jehu V. Chase 17 September 1930 – 15 September 1931 Frank H. Schofield September 1931 – September 1932 Richard H. Leigh September 1932 – 10 June 1933 David F. Sellers 10 June 1933 – 18 June 1934 Joseph M. Reeves 26 February 1934 – June 1936 Arthur J. Hepburn 24 June 1936 – 1938 Claude C. Bloch 1938–6 January 1940 James O. Richardson 6 January 1940 – January 5, 1941 Husband Kimmel 5 January 1941 – December 1941 Ernest King (also Chief of Naval Operations from 12 March 1942) 30 December 1941 – 10 October 1945 References Sources Buell, Thomas. Master of Sea Power: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1980. . Furer, Julius. Administration of the Navy Department in World War II. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. King, Ernest J., and Walter M. Whitehill. Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record. New York, WW Norton & Co. 1952. External links Notes on U.S. Fleet Organisation and Disposition, 1898–1941 Fleet Forces Command Fleets of the United States Navy