Luke McNamee (April 4, 1871 – December 30, 1952)[1] was a United States Navy Admiral, businessman, and the 10th and 12th Naval Governor of Guam.

Earlier on his career, he served as governor, and expanded funding for fighting the infectious diseases running through the native population.

While on the Sacramento, he commanded all Navy forces in the Gulf of Mexico, though this only consisted of seven gunboats.

[6] After his promotion, he served as chief of staff to the commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, and then to Admiral William Sims, commander of United States Naval forces in Europe.

[2] From 1924 to 1926, McNamee was appointed Naval attaché to the Court of St. James's in the United Kingdom.

After being promoted to vice admiral, he returned to the Battle Fleet to command its Battleship force, doing so from 1931 to 1932.

[10] After leaving the navy, McNamee became president of the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company in 1934.

[2] In 1940, he led negotiations with labor unions after they shut down company operations, and was able to reach an agreement.

In 1948, he succeeded Herbert Livingston Satterlee as chairman of the executive committee of the Marine Museum of the City of New York.

His widow, Dorothy, died on November 21, 1965 (aged 85) and was interred beside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery.