History
The bureau was established by Act of Congress on August 31, 1842 (5 Stat. 579) as the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, one of the Navy Department's five original procurement bureaus replacing the Board of Navy Commissioners. The bureau was renamed the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts by the Navy Appropriation Act, July 19, 1892 (27 Stat. 243). This name carried BuSandA through World Wars I and II, and the Korean War.
During the 1960s, as part of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's emphasis on "systems engineering," the Navy essentially abolished the traditional "bureau system" of procurement and replaced it with a structure known as "systems commands." Effective May 1, 1966, BuSandA was replaced by NAVSUP, by Department of Defense reorganization order, March 9, 1966.
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