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Admiral of the Navy

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on December 14, 1944, creating the rank of fleet admiral, without re-establishing the rank of Admiral of the Navy. As such, the rank remained nonexistent. By 1955, the Navy concluded that the rank was honorary. And while it held to the belief that the rank was equivalent to General of the Armies, the
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memo that "the rank of Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy shall be considered the senior most rank of the United States Navy". As Dewey had been deceased for nearly thirty years, no comparison between his rank and that of fleet admiral was made until 1945. At that time, during the preparations
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Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by selection and promotion, an Admiral of the Navy, who shall not be placed upon the retired list except upon his own application;
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transmitted to the Senate his nomination of Dewey for the new grade, which was approved the same day. But McKinley's nomination had used the term "Admiral in the Navy," while the act creating the new grade had used "Admiral of the Navy." On March 14, 1903, this discrepancy was addressed when
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Though this clarified the grade's unique title, the precedence of the new rank was still considered "four star", equivalent to general in the army, in the US Navy Regulations of 1909. In the U.S. Navy Regulations of 1913, the
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nominated and the Senate approved Dewey to the grade of "Admiral of the Navy," retroactive to March 2, 1899. The Navy Register of 1904 listed Dewey for the first time as "Admiral of the Navy" instead of "Admiral."
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An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes
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Navy amended its regulations to establish fleet admiral as its highest achievable rank, adhering to the standard set by the law.
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Regulations Governing the Uniform of Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers and Enlisted Men of the Navy of the United States
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Regulations Governing the Uniform of Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers and Enlisted Men of the Navy of the United States
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In terms of insignia, Dewey appears in a photograph soon after his promotion wearing the sleeve stripes last worn by Admiral
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These ranks are reserved for wartime use only, and are still listed as ranks within their respective services
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in 1898. On March 2, 1899, Congress approved the creation of the grade of Admiral of the Navy. On March 3,
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Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps
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and whenever such office shall be vacated by death or otherwise the office shall cease to exist.
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This article is about the former U.S. Navy rank. For other uses of the rank "Admiral", see
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in 1944, the Navy wanted to re-establish and elevate Admiral of the Navy be equivalent to
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No official insignia and not currently listed by the Army as an obtainable rank.
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for Admiral of the Navy was set to 19, the equivalent salute for a British
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in 1944. The rank is considered to be at least equivalent to that of a
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The act to create the grade of Admiral of the Navy read as follows:
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In 1944, with the establishment of the rank of fleet admiral, the
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CHAP 378, "An act creating the office of Admiral of the Navy",
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Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States
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Daniels, Josephus (Secretary of the Navy) (17 January 1917).
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Dewey, Admiral of the Navy, pictured in 1899 on board
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being the only officer to be appointed to the rank.
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Index

Admiral of the Navy (United States)
Admiral

United States Navy
Flag officer
Admiral
Fleet admiral
highest-possible rank
United States Navy
fleet admiral
five-star
George Dewey
George Dewey
victory at Manila Bay
President McKinley
President Roosevelt
gun salute
field marshal
admiral of the fleet
David Dixon Porter

USS Olympia
Department of the Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Operation Downfall
six-star rank
Douglas MacArthur
General of the Armies
fleet admiral
General of the Armies

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