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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.
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)
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
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
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.
This list aims to include all who have been promoted to the rank of admiral in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom following the Acts of Union 1707, or to historical variations of that rank (the main article on the rank includes a history of the rank, including the pre-1864 use of colour for admirals of the various squadrons).
B. George Back; Oliver Backhouse; Sidney Bailey; William Baillie-Hamilton; John Baird (Royal Navy officer) John Balchen; George Alexander Ballard; Jonathon Band
U. List of United States Coast Guard four-star admirals; List of United States Coast Guard vice admirals; List of United States Navy four-star admirals