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The first fleet admiral to leave active duty was Ernest King who retired immediately after the conclusion of World War II. Chester Nimitz and William Halsey both retired two years later while William Leahy was the last fleet admiral to leave active duty in 1949.
The First Fleet was a name informally used in reference to the U.S. Coast Guard within the U.S. Navy of the United States Navy, and then after its formal establishment by order of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (COMINCH), Admiral Ernest J. King, on 19 February 1943, the First Fleet served as a mechanism for disseminating information used in maneuvering American submarine forces against ...
As a fleet admiral, he was the first flag officer ever to hold a five-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. An 1897 graduate of Annapolis, Leahy saw active service in the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Banana Wars in Central America, and World War I.
First item on the agenda was Operation Galvanic, the campaign to capture Tarawa Atoll and Nauru. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, the commander of the Fifth Fleet, surprised King with a paper from the commander of the V Amphibious Corps, Major General Holland M. Smith, which argued that Nauru was too well
Nobody has since held that title. In 1944, Congress approved the five-star grade of fleet admiral. [1] The first to hold it were William D. Leahy, Ernest J. King, and Chester W. Nimitz. [1] The Senate confirmed their appointments December 15, 1944. [1] Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey got his fifth star in December 1945. None has been appointed ...
Chester William Nimitz (/ ˈ n ɪ m ɪ t s /; 24 February 1885 – 20 February 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.
The following list of fleet and grand admirals is a summary of those individuals who have held the rank of fleet admiral, or its equivalent, as the senior officers of their countries' navies. Austria-Hungary
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. (June 4, 1922 – October 22, 2004) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become a flag officer, retiring as a vice admiral.