President of the Naval War College

The president of the Naval War College is a flag officer in the United States Navy.

As Commandant of the Newport Naval Station and then as Commodore of the Atlantic Squadron, Stephen B. Luce established enlisted education and training with the Apprentice School along the shores of the Narragansett Bay.

[4] The renowned maritime historian, Dr. Robert G. Albion, and Commodore Dudley W. Knox also provided lectures and advisory support to Pye as the Naval War College directly supported the functions of the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral King.

Having been the key architect of the Combat Intelligence Division within King's headquarters, Pye built upon the precedence set by the Historical Section in the Sims era and the functions of the Office of Naval History to organize what became the Battle Studies Group.

Pye relinquished command upon the arrival of four-star Admiral Raymond A. Spruance on 1 March 1946.