He never held that rank. He was advanced from two stars to four stars.
A Vice Admiral outranks a Rear Admiral. An Admiral is the highest peace time rank. Fleet Admiral is the highest during war.
Vice Admirals and Rear Admirals are addressed as "Admiral".
The major generals of the battle of leyte gulf were: Allies: Admiral William Halsey, Vice Admiral Thomas Kincaid Japanese: Admiral Soemu Toyoda, Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima, Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa
Americans: Admiral Clifton Sprague, Admiral William F. Halsey, Admiral Chester Nimitz, General Douglas MacArthur, and Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkald. Japanese: Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, and Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura
There are several types of vice admirals and you would address them as such. For example you would address a rear vice admiral in a letter as Dear Rear Admiral.
sir francis drake became an admiral because he was a great sailor a leader to aall men and enjoyd sailing
Vice admirals.
Joe Sestak became a Navy Admiral in 1985. Later on, after his career in the army, he became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for four years.
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Admiral is a higher rank than Captain. A Captain would be promoted to Rear Admiral. Then it is Vice Admiral, Admiral and Fleet Admiral.
It was named in honor of Vice Admiral Edward Vernon by George Washington's brother Lawrence who admired him, his commanding officer from the navy. George simply kept the name.
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