When the Continental Navy was formed in 1775, it adopted the British Royal Navy's ... Congress stepped in to create the rank of "admiral" as opposed to "flag officer." In 1862, David Farragut ...

The British Royal Navy has been doing something like ... The U.S. used the flag-raising tradition to indicate the rank of fleet commanders, squadron commanders and commodores, and added others ...

The queen’s second son turns 60 this month, but the nation won’t be celebrating — as it normally does — by flying the Union Jack flag atop ... the highest rank in the Royal Navy for ...