Naval Forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, Director of Communications in the Navy Department, Yangtze Patrol Force, William Hannum Grubb Bullard (6 December 1866 – 24 November 1927) was an admiral of the United States Navy, whose service included duty during the Spanish–American War and World War I.

During the latter tour, he was a member of the Inter-Allied Armistice Commission which effected, with notable tact and forbearance, the surrender of the Austro-Hungarian fleet to the United States.

[1] On August 5, 1921, the Yangtze Patrol force was organized under Rear Admiral Bullard as part of the Asiatic Fleet.

During the unsettled conditions in China during the 1920s and 1930s, the Navy patrolled the Yangtze to protect United States interests, lives, and property.

In February 1946, construction was completed on the cable-laying vessel SS William H. G. Bullard (M. C. hull 2557), built for the U.S. Maritime Commission by Pusey and Jones Corporation of Wilmington, Del.