US Navy Secretary John C. Phelan departing administration: Pentagon

Diyar Güldogan

US Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration “effective immediately,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Wednesday.

“We are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy. We wish him well in his future endeavors,” Parnell said in a statement

Undersecretary Hung Cao will become acting secretary of the Navy, he added.