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Admiral is a senior naval rank of the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard which is also commonly known as a "Four Star Admiral". It is the equivalent of a General in the United States Army and outranked by a Fleet Admiral . The . Another bill allowed the President Of The United States to appoint Farragut to full Admiral on July 25 , 1866 , and David Dixon Porter to Vice Admiral. When Farragut died in 1870 Porter became Admiral and Stephen C. Rowan Vice Admiral. Even after they died, Congress did not allow the promotion of any of the Rear Admirals to succeed them, so there were no more Admirals or Vice Admirals by promotion until 1915 when Congress authorized an Admiral and a Vice Admiral each for the Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic fleets. There was one Admiral in the interim, however. In 1899 , Congress recognized George Dewey 's accomplishments during the Spanish-American War by authorizing the President to appoint him Admiral Of The Navy . He held that rank until he died in 1917 . Nobody has since held that title. In 1944 , Congress approved the five-star Fleet Admiral rank. The first to hold it were William D. Leahy , Ernest J. King , and Chester W. Nimitz . The Senate confirmed their appointments December 15 , 1944 . The fourth Fleet Admiral, William F. Halsey , got his fifth star in December 1945 . None has been appointed since. The sleeve stripes now used by Admirals and Vice Admirals in the United States date from March 11 , 1869 , when the Secretary Of The Navy 's General Order Number 90 specified that for their "undress" uniforms Admirals would wear a two-inch stripe with three half-inch stripes above it and Vice Admirals the two-inch stripe with two half-inch stripes above it. The Rear Admiral got his two-inch stripe and one half-inch stripe in 1866 . The sleeve stripes had been more elaborate. When the Rear Admiral rank started in 1862 the sleeve arrangement was three stripes of three-quarter-inch lace alternating with three stripes of quarter-inch lace. It was some ten inches from top to bottom. The Vice Admiral, of course, had even more stripes and when Farragut became Admiral in 1866 he had so many stripes they reached from his cuffs almost to his elbow. On their dress uniforms the admirals wore bands of gold embroidery of live oak leaves and acorns. The admirals of the 1860s wore the same number of stars on their shoulders as admirals of corresponding grades do today. In 1899 , the Navy's one Admiral (Dewey) and 18 Rear Admirals put on the new shoulder marks, as did the other officers when wearing their white uniforms, but kept their stars instead of repeating the sleeve cuff stripes. During the 20th Century , the ranks of the modern U.S. Admiralty were firmly established. An oddity that did exist was that the U.S. Navy did not have a one star rank except briefly during the Second World War and then not permanently until 1986 . (See Commodore ) The 21st Century United States Navy and Coast Guards Admiral ranks are as follows. # Admiral # Vice Admiral # Rear Admiral (upper Half) # Rear Admiral (lower Half) The rank of Fleet Admiral is still listed on U.S. Navy precedence charts but is not considered an active rank. The Coast Guard is usually authorized to have only one full Admiral (four star), which is held by the Commandant Of The Coast Guard . See also: U.S. Navy Officer Rank Insignia |
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