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(1890-1973) [[Vice admiral]], [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]; commanded the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf#Second

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{1887-1944) [[Vice Admiral]], [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]; commanded the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|

'''Aubrey Fitch''' (1883-1978) was a U.S. Navy vice admiral, given the rank of admiral on his retirement. He was to have commanded the

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...then commanding a cruiser, a battleship, and an air division. Promoted to vice admiral in 1940, he began to receive increasingly critical assignments in late 1942 ...ile Fleet|decoy force of aircraft carriers at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Of Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, who was killed in action at the Battle of Surigao Strait,

...he commanders of subordinate units. These flags may indicate rank (e.g., [[vice admiral]]), or, especially in the days of sail, an organizational identifier (e.g.,

[[Vice admiral]] is the next higher rank. Depending on the navy involved, the next lower r

...miral [[Ryunosuke Kusaka]], Okawa's chief of staff, stated its essence to Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito, commanding Second Fleet, who would lead the final and futile m

...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

...second-highest [[military rank]] of admiral in Naval service, the term '''vice admiral''' derives from the position commanding the forward, or van, squadron in a

...Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and in August 1943 rose to the rank of Vice Admiral as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air).<ref>{{citation ...he attended the Japanese surrender ceremonies, he wanted only to go home. Vice Admiral McCain died 6 September 1945, just after arriving back in the United States

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...iral]], selected by the CJCS and reporting directly to him. In July 2010, Vice Admiral [[William Gortney]] took command; Austin was promoted to head U.S. forces i

...etween Jaluit and [[Makin]], such as the planned diversionary operation by Vice Admiral [[Wilson Brown]]'s task group in the [[First Battle of Wake Island]].

'''Matome Ugaki''' was a vice admiral in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. He commanded battleships through the [[

'''Shoji Nishimura''' (1889-1944) was a [[vice admiral]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], who was killed in action, on his [[bat Vice Admiral [[Jisaburo Ozawa]], highly respected on both sides, said Nishimura was the