Admiral Of The Fleet Definition

noun
The highest rank in the US Navy, equivalent to General of the Army.
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One who holds this rank.
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Admiral of the fleet is the highest grade of flag officer authorized in the United States Navy. An admiral of the fleet is superior to a four star admiral and is junior only to the Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of Defense, and the President of the United States. An admiral of the fleet is equal in grade or rank to a general of the army.

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A naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the naval forces of other nations.
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Other Word Forms of Admiral Of The Fleet

Noun

Singular:
Admiral of the Fleet
Plural:
admirals of the fleet

Admiral Of The Fleet Sentence Examples

  • Sir Thomas Beaufort, afterwards earl of Dorset and duke of Exeter (appointed admiral of the fleet 1407, and admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine 1412, which latter office he held till his death in 1426), certainly had a court, with a marshal and other officers, and forms of legal process - mandates, warrants, citations, compulsories, proxies, &c. Complaints of encroachment of jurisdiction by the Admiralty Courts led to the restraining acts, 13 Ric. II.

  • As gunnery lieutenant he continued in the "President" till 1849; and in the following year he was appointed to the "Arethusa" frigate, then commissioned for the Mediterranean by Captain Symonds, afterwards the well-known admiral of the fleet.

  • In 1749 he became vice-admiral of Great Britain, and in 1761 admiral of the fleet.

  • In 1811, William became admiral of the Fleet.

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