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1762 – General-Admiral Tsar Paul I (1754–1801) 1784 – General-Field marshal Prince Grigori Potemkin (1739–1791) 1796 – Navy General-Field marshal Count Ivan Chernyshyov (1726–1797) 1831 – General-Admiral Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827–1892) 1883 – General-Admiral Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich (1850–1908)
four-star admiral. The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral (five-star admiral). There have been 279 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Yi is widely renowned in modern-day South Korea as the greatest general in Korean history. In a 2019 poll by Gallup Korea, Yi Sun-sin was chosen as the most respected person among South Koreans, winning 14% of the vote. Sejong the Great came in second with 11% of all votes. [40] Statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin in Gwanghwamun Plaza, Seoul
John D. Price – admiral who, early in his career, set many records as a naval aviator; Eli Thomas Reich – vice admiral, only submariner to sink a Japanese battleship unaided during WW2; Jamila Reinhardt – naval aviator, current player on the USA Rugby women's national team; Hyman G. Rickover – admiral, "Father of the Nuclear Navy"
B. Oscar C. Badger II; Charles Johnston Badger; Harry Asher Badt; Lee Baggett Jr. David H. Bagley; David W. Bagley; Worth H. Bagley; John J. Ballentine; Danelle Barrett
Chester William Nimitz (/ ˈ n ɪ m ɪ t s /; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy.He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.
In 1944 the Navy Department declared Dewey's rank to be senior to the then newly created five-star rank of fleet admiral. [citation needed] During the preparations for the invasion of Japan, a proposal was raised by the Navy Department to appoint Chester Nimitz to the rank of admiral of the Navy, or grant him some equivalent rank. [8]
A. Peter Abbott; Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet; Charles Henry Adair; Charles Adam; Percy Addison; Edward Stanley Adeane; Philip Affleck; Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester