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...coup government. He preferred a Prime Minister of stern character, such as Admiral [[Makoto Saito]], rather than a party politician such as [[Kisaburo Suzuki]

'''George Dewey''' (1837-1917) was an American admiral, and the naval hero of the [[Spanish-American War]] of 1898. ...ssigned as executive officer of the side-wheeler ''Mississippi'' a unit of Admiral [[David G. Farragut]]'s squadron in the New Orleans campaign. While navigat

...en Grand Chamberlain Chinda died in 1929, Makino replaced him with retired Admiral [[Kantaro Suzuki]]. Makino's key rule for Court involvement in a political

...first of the service’s new 153-foot patrol cutters. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen approved the change of the cutter’s name '''''to allow this cl

The group is commanded by a rear admiral or commodore, usually with the carrier as [[flagship]]. Group air defense c

When the reinforcements, led by Admiral Seymour, attempted to make their way to [[Peking]] (then the capital) they

Admiral [[Isoroko Yamamoto]], commander-in-chief of the Mobile Fleet, had originall ...TC) [[James Doolittle]] was selected to lead the actual air attack. [[Vice Admiral]] [[William Halsey]] commanded the overall task force, which included the

...coup government. He preferred a Prime Minister of stern character, such as Admiral [[Makoto Saito]], rather than a party politician such as Suzuki, whom he co

....htm}}</ref> it is level OF-9, which is equivalent to the naval rank of '''admiral'''. The next lower rank is "lieutenant general". While some militaries h

...part of the more aggressive strategy introduced when von Scheer replaced Admiral Hugo von Pohl in February 1916, as chief of the German High Seas Fleet. S [[Royal Navy]] Admiral [[John Jellicoe]], commanding the British Grand Fleet, received reports and

...(CINCPAC) in [[World War II]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]], and [[Fleet Admiral]]. As overall commander of the Central Pacific forces during World War Two | title = Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz

...leet was supposed to be withdrawn from the [[West Indies]], but the French admiral, [[Comte d'Estaing]], briefly occupied Grand Turk. In 1770, when the Britis ...ed in 1783, seizing the Turks Islands and holding out against an attack by Admiral Hood's West India Squadron, but the islands were returned to Britain later

'''Michelle Howard''' is a [[rear admiral]] of the [[United States Navy]], who, as of July 2010, is Director of Strat

...Technology'', pp. 7, 37&ndash;38, 40.</ref> In A.D. 79 Pliny the Elder was admiral of the Roman fleet of [[Misenum]], on Italy's west coast. The city was situ

...of British warships. With help from Vernon Kell and [[Admiral William Hall|Admiral William (Blinker) Hall]], soon to be the real-life head of Naval Intelligen

The program was managed with great success by [[Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]] [[William Raborn|"Red" Raborn]], a brilliant engineering manager who was

...politician [[Sergei Mironovich Kirov]], the class has been renamed the '''Admiral Ushakov''' class by the Russian Federation.

...anila]]. As a bold, risky, and expensive plan, it had lots of detractors; Admiral King, and even MacArthur's air commander, General Kinney, criticized it. ...rthur. Roosevelt traveled to Honolulu, accompanied by his chief of staff, Admiral Leahy, and met with MacArthur in July.<ref name=Morison>{{citation

...the early part of World War Two in the Pacific, including serving as Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher's flagship at the Battle of Midway, after he had to aba

Vice Admiral Jean Decoux, who commanded French naval forces in the Far East, and was bas ...PA47,M1}} pp. 47 </ref> Ducoux had additional worries. The senior British admiral in the area, on the way from Hong Kong to Singapore, visited Ducoux and tol