Steve Clark Hall

Steve Clark Hall
Hall in November 1992, during his tenure as a commander.
Born	(1953-11-09)November 9, 1953 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1971-1995
Rank	Commander
Commands held	USS Greenling (SSN-614) USS Drum (SSN-677)
Awards	Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards) Navy Commendation Medal (3 awards) Navy Achievement Medal
Other work	Out of Annapolis

Steve Clark Hall (born November 9, 1953) is a retired United States Navy submarine officer and documentary film maker. He is the first openly gay senior U.S. Navy officer who is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Steve Clark Hall was born in San Francisco on November 9, 1953, and attended high school in Eureka, California. He was nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy by Senator John V. Tunney of California. He graduated with honors in the Class of 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering and rowed all four years on the Navy Lightweight Crew team. After completing his 20-year career as a nuclear submariner, he retired from Naval Service and returned to his home in the Castro District of San Francisco.

After graduation from Annapolis, Steve Clark Hall entered the nuclear submarine training pipeline at the Naval Nuclear Power School in Vallejo, California. His sea tours included USS Haddock (SSN-621), Engineer Officer of USS Michigan (SSBN-727), as the Submarine Liaison Officer for Commander, Carrier Group THREE based at NAS Alameda deploying on the carriers USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), as Executive Officer of USS Permit (SSN-594) and as the Commanding Officer of the nuclear submarines USS Greenling (SSN-614) (1992–94) and USS Drum (SSN-677) (1994–95). His only shore assignment was as the Executive Officer (ashore) at the Navy Program Management Office, Sunnyvale, California.