

Of the 29 CNOs, 27 were graduates of the United States Naval Academy (USNA). The CNO reports directly to the Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of resources and operating efficiency of the Navy. This collection should be cited as the Shore and Fleet Organization Branch (SNDL) Records, Archives Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, DC.The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the highest-ranking active duty member of the United States Navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The area coordination data provides a horizontal overview of shore activities and the relationships between and among such activities.

It also provides information on the establishment/commissioning, redesignation and disestablishment/decommissioning dates that may not be available from other sources. Marine Corps from the mid-20th century to the present. The collection provides a wealth of information and history on the composition and organization of the U.S. The folders contain fact sheets, mission statements, home ports, redesignations, establishment, disestablishment, commission, decommission dates, organizational assignments and other miscellaneous data. This collection has been received from the various iterations of the Shore and Fleet Organization Branch (N09B22/N09B16/DNS-3/DNS-33) within the CNO's office in various accessions over a long period of time. When a command/organization is no longer active, the respective file folders are consolidated by DNS-33 and transferred to the Naval History and Heritage Command. The files were created by the Shore and Fleet Organization Branch (sometimes called the SNDL Office). The records essentially provide the layout of the Navy’s structure by command, organization, or office. The records in this collection are the source folders for the Navy’s Administrative/Command Organization covering its Shore and Fleet (Operating) Commands.

Finding aids for more recent accessions are not currently available.
