Talk:List of United States Navy four-star admirals

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Does anyone have the faintest idea how to write and insert lists in Wikipedia@ Weatherlawyer (talk) 18:47, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

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Does anyone have anymore information on John P. Weinel? He's my Great-Grandfather (By marriage) and he has passed away. I knew him briefly, but I didn't get to know too much about him. Any information would be very helpful.

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I believe Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (December 15,1906-March 20, 1992) should be on this list of 4 star admirals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LaGrassini (talk • contribs) 18:25, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

He's number 96 on the list. The tables are sortable, so if you click on the icon to the right of the word "Name" at the top of the second column, the entries will be relisted alphabetically by last name. - Morinao (talk) 19:34, 15 March 2008 (UTC

Add ? Adm Alan Burkehalter

Vice Adm Alan Burkehalter should be on tombstone Adm list ? /s/ Guan Yi Shi Pusa Jr, 69.121.221.97 (talk)

Burkhalter was never advanced to the grade of full admiral, so no, he should not be added to the tombstone list. Neovu79 (talk) 23:00, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Warrants

Why do all the links where the word "warrant" appears go to the article for Midshipmen rather than Warrant officer or Warrant officer (United States)? --The Grumpy Hacker (talk) 16:30, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

New admiral

Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr. was promoted to Admiral today (October 16, 2013), and assumed command of United States Pacific Fleet shortly thereafter. (Audrey McAvoy (2013-10-16). "New commander to take over U.S. Pacific Fleet". Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved 2013-10-16.) His biography is at: http://www.cpf.navy.mil/leaders/harry-harris/ Can someone please make the appropriate changes to the list? Mark M. at U.S. Pacific Fleet (talk) 01:23, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Four Stars

When Farragut was promoted to full admiral, it was a time when our Navy was still a small domestic Navy and not an international one. There was no need for a four-star admiral. Farragut became the first full admiral which at the time was three stars. This also applied to his step-brother David Porter. Here is the following:

One-Star: On July 16, 1862, congress authorized nine Rear Admirals, Farragut was among them.

Two-Stars: Two years later, Farragut became the first Vice-Admiral.

Three-Stars: On July 25, 1866, Farragut became the first Admiral.

Now, when Farragut died, his step-brother David D. Porter was promoted to Admiral and Stephen C. Rowan to Vice-Admiral. However, when they died Congress did not allow any more promotions to Admiral (Three Stars) nor Vice-Admiral (Two-Stars). That was until 1915 when Congress authorized an Admiral and Vice-Admiral for the Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic Fleets.

Tony the Marine (talk) 22:43, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

While the dates are correct, the ranks are not. The Navy did not officially establish one-star rank commodore, which later was renamed to rear admiral (lower half) until 1981. At the time, Farragut never had a one-star rank. Farragut was promoted to the two-star rank of rear admiral on July 16, 1862. Vice admiral was never a two-star rank and admiral was never a three-star rank. Neovu79 (talk) 05:50, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

• Sounds fair enough, but out of curiosity, where did you get the info. from? Tony the Marine (talk) 17:42, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

A lot of U.S. Navy history can be found at the Naval History and Heritage Command, which is a U.S Navy's website, including the biography of Admiral Farragut. Neovu79 (talk) 18:36, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

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