title: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ships)
text: # Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ships)
  
  The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Ship Programs (DASN Ships) serves as the principal adviser to the Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition on issues involving surface ships, submarines and associated weapon systems.
  
  The DASN monitors and advises the assistant secretary on programs managed by the Naval Sea Systems Command, PEO Ships, PEO Carriers, PEO Submarines, Military Sealift Command, and Strategic Systems Programs. DASN (Ships) also represents ASN (RDA) on the board of directors for the Naval Aviation Enterprise, the Under Sea Enterprise, and the Surface Warfare Enterprise.
  
  The current DASN (Ships) is Bilyana Anderson.
  
  | Name | Assumed office | Left office | Assistant Secretary served under |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Allison Stiller | 2004 | 2015 | John J. Young, Jr. Delores M. Etter John S. Thackrah Sean Stackley |
  | Gloria Valdez | 2015 | April 2018 | Sean Stackley James Geurts |
  | Frederick J. Stefany | April 2018 | November 2019 | James Geurts |
  | Bilyana Anderson | November 2019 | current | James Geurts Frederick J. Stefany (acting) |
  