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List of United States Navy four-star admirals

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2 This is a complete list of four-star admirals in the ________.

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4 The rank of admiral was created in 1866 to honor the Civil War achievements of ________.

5 (The ________ was appointed for four years.) Officers would typically "fleet up" to admiral or vice admiral for their year of fleet command and then revert to rear admiral to mark time until mandatory retirement.

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7 During ________, the President was authorized to create as many admirals and vice admirals as he deemed necessary for the duration of the emergency.

8 Merchant Marine, and one via the ________ (USMA).

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10 All military commanders in chief were retitled "Commanders" in 2002, when the title of "Commander in Chief" was reserved solely to the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • future four-star admiral John H. Sides, father of the United States Navy's guided-missile program, risked his career by participating in the Revolt of the Admirals?
  • future four-star admiral Frank H. Brumby was accused of technical incompetence by the Naval Court of Inquiry investigating the accidental sinking of the submarine S-4?
  • in 1890, future centenarian and four-star admiral Richard H. Jackson was commissioned ensign by special act of Congress after originally being cashiered from the Navy for poor grades at the U.S. Naval Academy?
  • in 1921, future four-star admiral Louis M. Nulton tried to save the battlecruiser USS Constitution from being scrapped by illegally transferring funds from the construction and repair of other warships?
  • while naval attaché in Tokyo, future four-star admiral Frederick J. Horne (pictured) became the first United States Navy officer to be decorated by the Empire of Japan?
  • the Landing Vehicle Tracked was developed after future admiral Edward C. Kalbfus showed a magazine article about an amphibious rescue vehicle to a Marine Corps general at a party?
  • eleven months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. four-star admiral Charles P. Snyder opted to lose two ranks rather than serve under incoming Pacific Fleet commander Husband E. Kimmel?
  • during the Revolt of the Admirals, future four-star admiral Charles D. Griffin (pictured) wrote the congressional testimony whose delivery caused Chief of Naval Operations Louis E. Denfeld to be fired?
  • James L. Holloway, Jr. and James L. Holloway III (pictured) are the only father and son to both serve as four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy while on active duty?
  • four-star admiral Maurice E. Curts was replaced as commander-in-chief of the United States Pacific Fleet after only two weeks?
  • Captain Austin M. Knight was court-martialed for allowing the USS Puritan to sink, but nevertheless became a four-star admiral whose textbook Modern Seamanship was a standard shiphandling reference for over eight decades?
  • as Navy production chief during World War II, electric drive pioneer Samuel Murray Robinson became the first staff officer to attain the rank of four-star admiral in the history of the United States Navy?
  • as captain of the cruiser Pittsburgh, future four-star admiral John E. Gingrich managed to sail his ship 900 miles (1,400 km) to safety after a typhoon tore off its bow?
  • American four-star admiral Lynde D. McCormick became NATO's first Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic despite opposition from British prime minister Winston Churchill?
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