The position was created in 1917 to "provide a system of appointing qualified and professional chaplains that meet the needs of the Navy".

Her reprieve ended in September 1947 when she was determined to be in excess of the needs of the Navy.

Once the examination is complete, a quota is established based upon the needs of the Navy with respect to the specific rating the sailor holds.

Skipper was reported as excess to the needs of the Navy in January 1946 and placed out of service on 1 February.

The rest of the graduates are placed in billets according to "the needs of the Navy" or Marine Corps.

Our mission is to support the needs of the Navy by providing the Fleet with the right person in the right place at the right time.

Nobody's going to move me across the country for the needs of the Navy.

She was immediately determined to be surplus to the needs of the Navy and was designated for sale.

The principle was here successfully asserted, that the needs of the Navy took precedence over other claims, however well founded.

It was a utilitarian town dominated by the needs of the Navy, which ran it with a firm, conservative hand.