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Eleventh Naval District
The Eleventh Naval District, headquartered at the Lake Training Station in Lake Bluff, Illinois, was established on 7 May 1903 in accordance with General Order No. 128, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. The district was activated in 1911 as part of a larger administrative unit known as the "Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Naval Districts." In 1920 the Eleventh Naval District became a separate Naval District. In 1945 the district was headquartered at San Diego, California, and consisted of the following geographic areas: New Mexico; Arizona; Clark County, Nevada; southern part of California, including Counties of Santa Barbara, Kern, and San Bernardino, and all counties south thereof. The Eleventh Naval District was disestablished on 30 September 1980.
| 1919-1920 | RADM Frederic B. Bassett, Jr. | 10 February 1919 | |
| 1920-1923 | RADM Roger Welles | 21 January 1920 | |
| 1923-1926 | RADM Ashley H. Robertson | 1 August 1923 | |
| 1926-1928 | RADM Josiah S. McKean | 10 September 1926 | |
| 1928-1930 | RADM Ashley H. Robertson | 30 June 1928 | |
| 1930-1933 | RADM Thomas J. Senn | 1 December 1930 | |
| 1933-1936 | RADM William T. Tarrant | 12 June 1933 | |
| 1936-1939 | RADM Sinclair Gannon | 25 June 1936 | |
| 1939-1940 | RADM Joseph R. Defrees | 19 June 1939 | |
| 1940-1941 | RADM Charles A. Blakely | 24 January 1940 | |
| 1941 | RADM John S. McCain (A) | 9 December 1941 | |
| 1941-1942 | RADM Ralston S. Holmes | 22 December 1941 | |
| 1942-1943 | CAPT George M. Ravenscroft (A) | 31 December 1942 | |
| 1943-1944 | RADM David W. Bagley | 30 March 1943 | |
| 1944- | RADM Wilhelm L. Friedell | 31 January 1944 | |
| 1948-1949 | RADM Bernhard H. Bieri | 12 May 1948 | |
| 1949-1952 | RADM Wilder D. Baker | 14 February 1949 | |
| 1952-1953 | RADM John W. Roper | 31 July 1952 | |
| 1953-1953 | RADM George R. Henderson | 30 April 1953 | |
| 1953-1955 | RADM George C. Dyer | 25 September 1953 | |
| 1955-1960 | RADM Charles C. Hartman | 31 January 1955 | |
| 1960-1962 | RADM Murr E. Arnold | 9 July 1960 | |
| 1962-1964 | RADM Almon E. Loomis | 31 December 1962 | |
| 1964-1965 | RADM Walter H. Price | 9 September 1964 | |
| 1965-1967 | RADM Frank A. Brandley | December 1965 | |
| 1967-1970 | RADM Marshall E. Dornin | August 1967 | |
| 1970-1973 | RADM Joseph W. Williams, Jr. | January 1970 | |
| 1973-1975 | RADM Fillmore B. Gilkeson | September 1973 | |
| 1975-1976 | RADM Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. | Augsut 1975 | |
| 1976-1978 | RADM William H. Rogers | August 1976 | |
| 1978-1980 | RADM Justin E. Langille III | August 1978 | |
Notes: CAPT = Captain, RADM = Rear Admiral.
The administrative records of the Eleventh Naval District are located in Record Group (RG) 181.2.10 at the National Archives and Records Administration’s Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel, CA) facility at 24000 Avila Road, 1st Floor, East Entrance, Laguna Niguel, California 92677-3497, telephone 949-360-2641 Call: 949-360-2641 .
An unpublished one-volume administrative history of the Eleventh Naval District during World War II, known as “World War II Naval Administrative History # 118,” is located in the Navy Department Library. It is unavailable for loan and must be consulted in the library. Photocopying of this manuscript is generally prohibited; the use of digital cameras by researchers is encouraged. Permission to photocopy a limited number of pages may be granted by the reference staff, contingent upon the physical state of the item. Any photocopying of this manuscript shall be done under the close supervision of the reference staff. The use of personal scanners by non-library staff personnel must be approved by the reference staff on a document-by-document basis (Reference: Naval Historical Center Instruction [NAVHISTCENTINST] 5070.1C.). When requesting the administrative history, please specify its number. For example: "I'd like to examine World War Two Admin. History #118."
