Everything about Admiral Of The Navy United States totally explained
» See "Admiral of the Navy" for other uses of this rank
Admiral of the Navy is a rank that has only been held once in
U.S. Navy history: by
George Dewey. In recognition of his victory at
Manila Bay in
1898, Congress authorized a single officer to hold the rank of
Admiral, and promoted Dewey to this rank in March
1899. By a Congressional Act of
24 March 1903, Dewey's rank was established as Admiral of the Navy, effective retroactive to March 1899. It was specified that this rank was senior to the four-star rank of Admiral and was equal to
Admiral of the Fleet in the British
Royal Navy. The rank lapsed with the death of Admiral Dewey on
16 January 1917.
The rank Admiral of the Navy was first seen as a six star rank during the
Second World War, with the establishment of the rank of five-star
Fleet Admiral. It was during this time that the
Department of the Navy specified that the new 1944 version of the rank of Fleet Admiral was to be junior to Dewey's rank of Admiral of the Navy. However, as there has never been an Admiral of the Navy and a Fleet Admiral serving at the same time, the six star rank status hasn't been totally confirmed.
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 and grant him an insignia as a six-star admiral. Proposals for the new six star rank included changing the title to
Flag Admiral. The proposal, however, was dropped and the United States Navy has never officially appointed anyone to the rank of six star admiral. Because of this proposal, Admiral of the Navy is sometimes held to be senior to the rank of
Fleet Admiral and the equivalent of the Army's rank of
General of the Armies.
Despite his role in the formation of the United States Navy,
John Paul Jones hasn't been named Admiral of the Navy, in comparison to
George Washington who was named
General of the Armies in 1976 because of his role in the beginning of the United States.
Further Information
Get more info on 'Admiral Of The Navy United States'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://admiral_of_the_navy__united_states.totallyexplained.com">Admiral of the Navy (United States) Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
