Fleet Admiral (United States Navy)
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Fleet Admiral (United States Navy) is the highest possible five-star flag officer rank in the U.S. Navy, created during World War II and held by only a few senior naval commanders.
Aliases (3)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy rank
→
five-star flag officer rank → military rank → |
| abbreviation | FADM → |
| authorizedBy | United States Congress → |
| canBeHeldByActiveDutyOfficer | true → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| createdDuring | World War II → |
| creationDate | 1944 → |
| currentStatus | not currently held → |
| equivalentRank |
General of the Air Force
→
surface form: "General of the Air Force (United States)"
General of the Army (United States) → |
| firstHolder | William D. Leahy → |
| firstHolderPromotionDate | 15 December 1944 → |
| higherRankThan |
Admiral
→
surface form: "Admiral (United States Navy)"
Admiral of the Navy (United States) is not contemporaneously used → |
| historicalContext | created to match five-star ranks of Allied nations in World War II → |
| holder |
Chester W. Nimitz
→
Ernest King →
surface form: "Ernest J. King"
William D. Leahy → William Halsey Jr. →
surface form: "William F. Halsey Jr."
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| holdsPrecedenceOver | all other U.S. Navy officers → |
| insignia | five silver stars in a pentagonal pattern → |
| isFiveStarOfficerGrade | true → |
| isFiveStarRank | true → |
| isHighestActiveNavyRank | true → |
| isPermanentGrade | yes for World War II appointees → |
| isWartimeRank | true → |
| lastLivingHolder | Chester W. Nimitz → |
| lastLivingHolderDeathYear | 1966 → |
| legalBasis | Act of Congress → |
| NATOrank | OF-10 equivalent → |
| numberOfHolders | 4 → |
| payGrade | O-11 (special) historically → |
| positionInHierarchy | above Admiral and below no other active Navy rank → |
| precededBy |
Admiral
→
surface form: "Admiral (United States Navy)"
|
| promotionConditions | requires Congressional authorization → |
| promotionType | special wartime promotion → |
| rankClass | five-star rank → |
| rankGroup | flag officer → |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy → |
| starCount | 5 → |
| succeedsTo | no higher peacetime rank in U.S. Navy → |
| timePeriodOfUse | World War II and immediate postwar years → |
| uniformInsigniaLocation |
shoulder boards
→
sleeve stripes → |
| usedIn | United States Navy officer corps → |
| usedPrimarilyIn | major global war → |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
→
equivalentRank
→
Fleet Admiral (United States Navy)
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subject surface form: "William Halsey Jr."
this entity surface form: "Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy"
subject surface form: "Chester W. Nimitz"
this entity surface form: "Fleet Admiral"
this entity surface form: "Fleet Admiral"
this entity surface form: "World War II U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral"
this entity surface form: "Fleet Admiral"
this entity surface form: "Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy"