Probably not, but he watched the movie Battleship once.
From Wikipedia:
"Prior to attending law school, he also served two years in the Navy as a surface warfare officer from 1970 to 1972 aboard the cruiser USS Little Rock (CLG-4), achieving the rank of Lieutenant, junior grade."
The page on his ship says that it was undergoing a major overhaul from November 1970 to Spring 1971.
You can look up the backgrounds of all Secretaries of the Navy here.