List of Fleet and Grand Admirals - United States

United States

  • 1899 - George Dewey (1837–1917)
  • 15 December 1944 - William D. Leahy (1875–1959)
  • 17 December 1944 - Ernest King (1878–1956)
  • 19 December 1944 - Chester Nimitz (1885–1966)
  • 11 December 1945 - William Halsey, Jr. (1882–1959)

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