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Pages in category "United States Navy captains" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Owen P. Honors, Jr. – captain, former CO of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Esek Hopkins – first Commander in Chief of the Navy during the Revolutionary War; Grace Hopper – futurist, early computing pioneer, rear admiral in the Navy Reserve; George Howard, Jr. – first African-American federal judge in Arkansas history; served in World War II.
The youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy. United States: Yes 1779 1820 Đỗ, Kiếm. South Vietnamese naval officer who secretly organised the evacuation of over 30,000 refugees aboard 32 South Vietnamese navy ships during the Fall of Saigon, preventing those ships from falling into the hands of North Vietnamese.
Pages in category "Royal Navy captains" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 487 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The shoulder stars, shoulder boards, and sleeve stripes of a U.S. Navy rear admiral (Line officer). This is a list of active duty rear admirals (two-star rear admiral, abbreviated RADM) serving in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, and the United ...
In the United States Navy, captain was the highest rank from 1775 until 1857, when the United States Congress created the rank of flag officer. [1] The modern rank of captain (abbreviated CAPT) is a senior officer rank, with the pay grade of O-6.
Authorized president to designate, subject to Senate confirmation, Navy officers on the active list to have the grade of admiral while commanding fleets, subdivisions of fleets, or naval units afloat organized to perform a special or unusual mission, or while performing any duty of great importance and responsibility.