US Navy Fleet Admirals, Admirals and Vice Admirals

US Navy:

Senior Flag Officers of World War II

Naval Aviator= Qualified Naval Aviator
Naval Aviation Observer= Qualified Naval Aviation Observer
Submariner= Qualified in submarines

Fleet Admiral Flag Fleet Admirals

Leahy, William Daniel
Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy
Date of rank: 15 December 1944

King, Ernest Joseph     Naval Aviator
Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet; Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet; Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations
Date of rank: 17 December 1944

Nimitz, Chester William     Submariner
Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet and Commander-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas
Date of rank: 19 December 1944

Admiral Flag Admirals

Hart, Thomas Charles     Submariner
Commander-in-Chief Asiatic Fleet
Date of rank: 25 July 1939     Retired list: 1 July 1942

Stark, Harold Raynsford
Chief of Naval Operations; Commander, US Naval Forces Europe
Date of rank: 1 August 1939

Kimmel, Husband Edward
Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 1 February 1941     Retired list: 1 March 1942 (as rear admiral)

Ingersoll, Royal Eason
Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet; Deputy CinC US Fleet and Deputy CNO
Date of rank: 1 July 1942

Halsey, William Frederick, Jr.     Naval Aviator
Commander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force; Commander, Third Fleet
Date of rank: 18 November 1942     Promoted Fleet Admiral 4 December 1945

Spruance, Raymond Ames
Commander, Fifth Fleet
Date of rank: 4 February 1944

Ingram, Jonas Howard
Commander, Fourth Fleet; CinC Atlantic Fleet
Date of rank: 15 November 1944

Horne, Frederick Joseph     Naval Aviation Observer
Vice-Chief of Naval Operations
Date of rank: 15 December 1944

Edwards, Richard Stanislaus    
Deputy CinC US Fleet and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
Date of rank: 3 April 1945

Hewitt, Henry Kent
Commander, Eighth Fleet
Date of rank: 3 April 1945

Kinkaid, Thomas Cassin
Commander, Seventh Fleet
Date of rank: 3 April 1945

Turner, Richmond Kelly     Naval Aviator
Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific
Date of rank: 24 May 1945

Vice Admiral Flag Vice Admirals

Pye, William Satterlee
Commander, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 6 January 1940     Retired list: 1 July 1944

Brown, Wilson
Commander, Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet; Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 1 February 1941     Retired list: 1 July 1944

Ghormley, Robert Lee
Special Naval Observer, London; Commander, US Naval Forces, Europe; Commander, South Pacific Area
Date of rank: 18 September 1941

Robinson, Samuel Murray
Chief of Procurement and Material, Navy Department
Date of rank: 31 January 1942

Leary, Herbert Fairfax
Commander, Southwest Pacific Force; Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier
Date of rank: 27 February 1942

Calhoun, William Lowndes     Submariner
Commander, Service Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 27 February 1942

Bristol, Arthur LeRoy     Naval Aviator
Commander, Support Force, Atlantic Fleet
Date of rank: 27 February 1942     Died 27 April 1942

Reichmuth, Ferdinand Louis
Commander, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet
Date of rank: 27 February 1942 (later reverted to permanent rank of rear admiral)

Willson, Russell
Chief of Staff to CinC US Fleet
Date of rank: 10 March 1942     Retired list: 1 January 1943

Brainard, Roland Munroe
Commander, Support Force, Atlantic Fleet
Date of rank: 10 March 1942     Retired list: 1 November 1943

Greenslade, John Wills
Commandant, 12th Naval District
Date of rank: 1 May 1942     Retired list: 1 February 1944

Andrews, Adolphus
Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier
Date of rank: 1 May 1942     Retired list: 1 November 1943

Hoover, John Howard     Naval Aviator     Submariner
Commandant, 10th Naval District and Commander, Caribbean Sea Frontier; Commander, Forward Area, Pacific; Commander, Marianas Area
Date of rank: 25 May 1942

Freeman, Charles Seymour
Commander, Northwest Sea Frontier
Date of rank: 17 June 1942     Retired list: 1 December 1942

Fletcher, Frank Jack
Commander, North Pacific Area
Date of rank: 26 June 1942

Sharp, Alexander
Commander, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet
Date of rank: 22 August 1942

Carpender, Arthur Schuyler     Submariner
Commander, Seventh Fleet; Commandant, 9th Naval District
Date of rank: 4 September 1942

Towers, John Henry     Naval Aviator
Commander, Air Force, Pacific Fleet; Deputy CinC Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas
Date of rank: 6 October 1942

Fitch, Aubrey Wray     Naval Aviator
Commander, Aircraft South Pacific Force; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air); Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy
Date of rank: 28 December 1942

McCain, John Sidney     Naval Aviator
Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics; Commander, Second Fast Carrier Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 28 July 1943

Bellinger, Patrick Nelson Lynch     Naval Aviator
Commander, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet
Date of rank: 5 October 1943

Lockwood, Charles Andrews     Submariner
Commander, Submarines, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 5 October 1943

Newton, John Henry
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas; Commander, South Pacific Area
Date of rank: 19 October 1943

Bagley, David Worth
Commander, Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Date of rank: 1 February 1944

Jacobs, Randall
Chief, Bureau of Personnel
Date of rank: 1 February 1944

Lee, Willis Augustus
Commander, Battleships Pacific Fleet; Commander, Battleship Squadron Two
Date of rank: 21 March 1944     Died 25 August 1945

Mitscher, Marc Andrew     Naval Aviator
Commander, First Fast Carrier Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 21 March 1944

Giffen, Robert Carlisle
Commandant, 10th Naval District and Commander, Caribbean Sea Frontier
Date of rank: 21 March 1944

Wilkinson, Theodore Stark
Commander, Third Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 12 August 1944

Kirk, Alan Goodrich
Commander, Western Naval Task Force; Commander, US Naval Forces, France
Date of rank: 10 September 1944

Cook, Charles Maynard     Submariner
Chief of Staff to CinC US Fleet
Date of rank: 20 September 1944

McMorris, Charles Horatio
Chief of Joint Staff to CinC Pacific Fleet/Pacific Ocean Areas
Date of rank: 23 September 1944

Vickery, Howard Leroy
Vice-Chairman US Maritime Commission
Date of rank: 24 October 1944

Munroe, William Robert     Submariner
Commander, Fourth Fleet
Date of rank: 11 November 1944

Murray, George Dominic     Naval Aviator
Commander, Air Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 29 November 1944

Oldendorf, Jesse Barrett
Commander, Battleship Squadron One
Date of rank: 7 December 1944

Barbey, Daniel Edward
Commander, Seventh Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 9 December 1944

Taffinder, Sherwood Ayerst
Commander, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet
Date of rank: 23 December 1944

Smith, William Ward
Commander, Service Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 6 March 1945

Farber, William Sims
Sub-Chief of Naval Operations
Date of rank: 3 April 1945

Kauffman, James Laurence
Commander, Philippine Sea Frontier
Date of rank: 3 April 1945

Anderson, Walter Stratton
Commandant, 7th Naval District and Commander, Gulf Sea Frontier
Date of rank: 3 April 1945

Cochrane, Edward Lull
Chief, Bureau of Ships
Date of rank: 3 April 1945

Hill, Harry Wilbur
Commander, Fifth Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 22 April 1945

Sherman, Frederick Carl     Naval Aviator     Submariner
Commander, First Fast Carrier Force, Pacific Fleet
Date of rank: 13 July 1945

Medical Corps:

McIntire, Ross "T"
Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Date of rank: 1 February 1944

Civil Engineer Corps:

Moreell, Ben
Chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks
Date of rank: 1 February 1944

Reference:

US Navy Department, Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Washington DC, Government Printing Office, 1941-1946

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