Naval District

From its beginning in 1903, the Naval District has had the primary function of local defense along a particular section of the coast.1

World War I broadened district responsibility to administration and logistics, a change which affected the geographical district limits.

Originally confined to a strip of coast, the District expanded until the system included the entire United States, our outlying possessions, and even foreign countries, in a general administrative jurisdiction over naval shore activities.

Fifty Years of Naval District Development1903-1953
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/navy_dist.htm#I

Naval District Manual

http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/nav_dist_manual.htm




Eleventh Naval District commandants

Headquartered in San Diego, this office was disestablished 30 September, 1980.
1. 1948-1949 RADM Bernhard H. Bieri 12/5/48
2. 1949-1952 RADM Wilder D. Baker 14/2/49
3. 1952-1953 RADM John W. Roper 31/7/52
4. 1953-1953 RADM George R. Henderson 30/4/53
5. 1953-1955 RADM George C. Dyer 25/9/53
6. 1955-1960 RADM Charles C. Hartman 31/1/55
7. 1960-1962 RADM Murr E. Arnold 9/7/60
8. 1962-1964 RADM Almon E. Loomis 31/12/62
9. 1964-1965 RADM Walter H. Price 9/9/64
10. 1965-1967 RADM Frank A. Brandley 12/65
11. 1967-1970 RADM Marshall E. Dornin 8/67
12. 1970-1973 RADM Joseph W. Williams, Jr. 1/70
13. 1973-1975 RADM Fillmore B. Gilkeson 9/73
14. 1975-1976 RADM Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. 8/75
15. 1976-1978 RADM William H. Rogers 8/76
16. 1978-1980 RADM Justin E. Langille III 8/78