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...under Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura and the the Second Striking Force under Vice Admiral Shima. It was the last engagement in which battleships fought directly, alt

...orted for duty to Commander North Pacific Force and Area. On [[29 August]] Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Commander North Pacific Force and Area, hoisted his fl ...ly transferred to ''Panamint''. Commodore R. E. Robinson, Jr., represented Vice Admiral Fletcher, and Rear Admiral Den-suke Kanome was the head of the Japanese del

....htm}}</ref> it is level OF-8, which is equivalent to the naval rank of '''vice admiral'''. The next lower rank is "major general". The next higher, again depen

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...oldt and prepared for upcoming operations into early October. On the 14th, Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kincaid broke his flag in ''Wasatch'', as Commander, Task Unit (T ...7 January]], bound for [[Mindoro]] where she anchored at 0530 on the 29th. Vice Admiral Kinkaid shifted his flag ashore on [[4 February]], leaving the command ship

...fort by the Navy. Multiple sources indicate that the following was said to Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito, commanding Second Fleet, who would lead the final and futile m

...lliam Halsey]] and [[United States Fifth Fleet|Fifth Fleet]] while under Vice Admiral [[Raymond Spruance]].

'''Horatio Nelson''' (1758 - 1805), later [[vice admiral]] '''Horatio, Viscount Nelson''', was a distinguished officer of the [[Roya

...de with water and rum, which was introduced into the Royal Navy by British Vice Admiral Edward Vernon on August 21, 1740. Vernon himself had been nicknamed "Old Gr

Vice Admiral Jean Decoux, who commanded French naval forces in the Far East, and was bas

...peration there. She provided the platform from which [[John S. McCain, Jr.|Vice Admiral John S. McCain]] directed the naval forces’ support of this operation.

...sault on [[Iwo Jima]] with Amphibious [[Task Force 51|TF&nbsp;51]] under [[Vice Admiral]] [[Richmond K. Turner|Richmond Kelly Turner]]. After brief calls at [[Eni

...f her officers later earned [[flag rank]] as Navy [[Rear Admiral|Rear]], [[Vice Admiral|Vice]], and full Admirals. [[Medal of Honor]] winner Captain (later [[Vice Admiral|VADM]]) [http://www.ussrankin.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59 Lawson P. Ramage

Vice Admiral [[Robert Ghormley]] had commanded the Southwest Pacific fleet, but, in Nimi

'''William Raborn''' (1905-1990), who retired as a [[vice admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]], had both brilliant achievement and embarra

...awarded the Coast Guard Commendation Medal, Nov. 11, 2008, by Coast Guard Vice Admiral Robert Papp, at the U.S.S. Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, for his brav

...irst "full" admiral (four stars). His protégé, David Dixon Porter, became vice admiral, heading ten rear admirals. Following the deaths of Farragut and Porter, t ...rary admiral rank continued with the billets of CNO or fleet command, and vice admiral for seconds-in-command.

...56 planes, plus 28 battleships and cruisers, and 69 destroyers. Tokyo sent Vice Admiral [[Jisaburo Ozawa]] with nine-tenths of Japan's fighting fleet--it was about

...he became Commander, Aircraft, Battle Force, with the temporary rank of [[vice admiral]], also commanding Carrier Division 2. In the summer of 1940, he first had ...F 17) sailed from San Diego to reinforce the Marine garrison at [[Samoa]]. Vice Admiral [[William Halsey]], commanding carrier Task Force 8, joined the escort, whi