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The Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) is the top deputy to the Chief of Naval Operations, in the United States Navy. Appointed by the President of the United States under authority of an act of March 5, 1948 (62 Stat. 67). This position was called Assistant for Operations in 1915, and Assistant Chief of Naval Operations in 1922. In 1942 the title became Vice Chief of Naval Operations.

As of April 2007, the current (35th) VCNO is Admiral Patrick M. Walsh.

Previous VCNOs include:

	Vice Chief of Naval Operations	Tenure
1	VADM (ADM) Frederick J. Horne	March 26, 1942 - September 2, 1945
2	ADM Richard S. Edwards Jr.	1945 - 1946
3	ADM DeWitt Clinton Ramsey	January 15, 1946 - January 3, 1948
4	VADM Arthur W. Radford	January 1948 – May 1949
5	VADM John D. Price	1949 - 1950
6	ADM Lynde D. McCormick	1950 – 1951
7	ADM Donald B. Duncan	1951 – 1956
8	ADM Harry D. Felt	1956 - 1958
9	ADM James S. Russell	July 21, 1958 - 1961
10	ADM Claude V. Ricketts	1961 - July 6, 1964
11	ADM Horacio Rivero, Jr.	July 1964 - January 1968
12	ADM Bernard A. Clarey	January 1968 - December 1970
13	ADM Ralph W. Cousins	1970 - 1972
14	ADM Maurice F. Weisner	1972 - 1973
15	ADM James L. Holloway III	September 1973 - 1974
16	ADM Worth H. Bagley	June 1974 - July 1975
17	ADM Harold E. Shear	1975 - 1977
18	ADM Robert L.J. Long	July 1977 - April 1979
19	ADM James D. Watkins	April 1979 - 1981
20	ADM William N. Small	1981 - 1983
21	ADM Ronald J. Hays	1983 - 1985
22	ADM James B. Busey IV	September 1985 - 1987
23	ADM Huntington Hardisty	1987 - 1988
24	ADM Leon A. Edney	August 1988 - May 1990
25	ADM Jerome L. Johnson	May 1990 - July 1992
26	ADM Stanley R. Arthur	July 6, 1992 - 1995
27	ADM Joseph W. Prueher	April 1995 - 1996
28	ADM Jay L. Johnson	April 1996 - August 1996
29	ADM Harold W. Gehman Jr.	September 1996 - September 1997
30	ADM Donald L. Pilling	October 1997 - October 2000
31	ADM William J. Fallon	October 2000 - August 2003
32	ADM Michael Mullen	August 2003 - August 2004
33	ADM John B. Nathman	August 2004 - February 2005
34	ADM Robert F. Willard	March 18, 2005 - April 2007
35	ADM Patrick M. Walsh	April 2007 – present

External links

"Vice Chief of Naval Operations". Lists of Commanding Officers and Senior Officials of the US Navy. Naval Historical Center. Retrieved 2007-05-16.

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-The '''Vice Chief of Naval Operations''' (VCNO) is the top deputy to the [[Chief of Naval Operations]], in the [[United States Navy]].  Appointed by the [[President of the United States]] under authority of an act of March 5, 1948 (62 Stat. 67).
+The '''Vice Chief of Naval Operations''' (VCNO) is the top deputy to the [[Chief of Naval Operations]], in the [[United States Navy]].  Appointed by the [[President of the United States]] under authority of an act of March 5, 1948 (62 Stat. 67). This position was called Assistant for Operations in 1915, and Assistant Chief of Naval Operations in 1922. In 1942 the title became Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
 As of April 2007, the current (35th) VCNO is Admiral [[Patrick M. Walsh]].
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 ==External links==
+*{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/library/guides/rosters/vice%20chief%20naval%20operations.htm
-* [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=295 Current VCNO biography]
+|title=Vice Chief of Naval Operations
+|work=Lists of Commanding Officers and Senior Officials of the US Navy
+|publisher=Naval Historical Center
+|accessdate=2007-05-16}}
 [[Category:United States Navy]]