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This is a complete list of four-star admirals in the United States Navy. The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral (five-star admiral). There have been 278 four-star admirals in the history of the ...
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral William V. Pratt, listed King as his fourth choice, after Rear Admirals Joseph M. Reeves, Harry E. Yarnell and John Halligan Jr., but Claude A. Swanson, the new Secretary of the Navy, recommended King, having been impressed by work in the salvage of the S-51 and S-4. King became Chief of the Bureau ...
Frank T. Ward Jr. 1 May 1950 1 Aug 1958 (1901–1976) William V. O'Regan: 1 Jul 1950 1 Jul 1958 (1900–1978) Marion E. Murphy: 1 Jan 1951 1 May 1957 (1899–1981) Howard E. Orem: 1 Jan 1951 1 May 1957 (1900–1995) Harry Sanders: 1 Jan 1951 1 May 1957 (1901–1991) Richard W. Ruble: 1 Jan 1951 1 Aug 1955 (1902–1976) Stanhope C. Ring
Vice Adm. Bernard J. McCullough III at a change of command ceremony, 27 July 2011. A number of Navy commands were established, elevated to or downgraded from three-star level between 2000 and 2009. Navy Installations Command was established in October 2003 as a rear admiral's billet, but was elevated to a vice admiral's billet in 2006 ...
Biography. Beatty was born on June 17, 1894, in Washington, D.C., to Frank E. Beatty, a Rear Admiral, and Anne Beatty. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1916, and would later attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a B.S. in mechanical engineering [1] in 1922. Beatty married Patricia Horton, a native of Ireland.
Battles/wars. World War I. James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet -level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. [1] Forrestal came from a very strict middle-class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming ...
Vietnam War. Awards. Defense Distinguished Service Medal (3) Navy Distinguished Service Medal (5) Legion of Merit (4) Edmund Peter Giambastiani Jr.[1] (born May 4, 1948) is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the seventh vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2005 to 2007. He retired in 2007, after 37 years of service.
Darse Crandall. Darse Earle Crandall Jr. (born 1962) [1] is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who served as the 45th Judge Advocate General of the Navy from 2021 to 2024. [2][3][4] He served as the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy and Commander of the Naval Legal Service Command from 2018 to 2021. [5][6]