who was the first admiral in the U.S. navy?

Question

Hey people I need to know this fast, who was the first admiral in the U.S. navy, Thanks! (remember to hurry!)

Answer 1

David Farragut was the first admiral

Answer 2

David Glasgow Farragut was the first man to achieve the rank of Admiral. The rank wasn't established until 1862.

John Paul Jones was not and could not have been an admiral in the USN as the rank didn't even exist during his service tenure. The highest established rank then was Captain, although when a Captain was in command of a squadron of ships he was given the title of Commodore.

However, John Paul Jones WAS an Admiral in the Russian Navy under Empress Catherine.

Answer 3

It wasn't until 1862!! I didn't know that. Prior to that, Commodore was the highest rank, but in 1862, Congress created nine rear admirals. Go figger.
The names of the nine are not listed, but David "Damn the Torpedoes" Farragut was the first Vice Admiral (the next highest rank) chosen from among the nine in 1864, and made full Admiral in 1866.

Answer 4

Farragut



David Glasgow Farragut, born at Campbell's Station, near Knoxville, Tenn., 5 July 1801, entered the Navy as a midshipman 17 December 1810. When only 12 years old, he was given command of a prize ship taken by Essex, and brought her safely to port. Through the years that followed, in one assignment after another he showed the high ability and devotion to duty which was to allow him in the Civil War to make an overwhelming contribution to victory and to write an immortal page in the history of not only the United States Navy but of military service of all times and nations. In command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, with his flag in Hartford he disproved the theory that forts ashore held superiority over naval forces, when in April 1862 he ran past Forts Jackson and St. Philip and the Chalmette batteries to take the great city and port of New Orleans (a decisive event in the war) and later that year passed the batteries defending Vicksburg. Port Hudson fell to him 9 July 1863, and on 5 August 1864 he won a great victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, passing through heavy minefields (the torpedoes of his famous quotation) as well as the opposition of heavy batteries in Forts Morgan and Gaines to defeat the squadron of Admiral Franklin Buchanan. His country honored its great sailor by creating for him the rank of Admiral, never before used in the United States Navy. Admiral Farragut's last active service was in command of the European Squadron with Franklin as his flagship, and he died at Portsmouth, N.H., 14 August 1870.


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Answer 5

David Farragut

Answer 6

Lord Admiral I

Answer 7

I'm surprised that no one knows of John Paul Jones-the founder of the US navy- who was an admiral long before Faragut was born. And he wasn't even American as he was born in Scotland.

Answer 8

David Faragut (1866)

Answer 9

His name was General Cheapo