| Flag Officers, January 1, 1892 |
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| The following is a list of the flag officers of the US Navy in January 1892. The list consist of only six Rear Admirals (the highest rank authorized by law following the deaths of Admiral David Porter and Vice-Admiral Stephen Rowan) and ten Commodores on the Active List, and a further 36 Rear Admirals and eight Commodores on the retired list. It does not include officers who held flag rank solely because of their duty station, just those officers who had actually receievd permanent promotions. It also does not include retired staff officers with the relative rank of Rear Admiral or Commodore. The list is in order of seniority. For retired officers, Date of Rank is the date they reached the rank indicated on the active list (except for those idicated with a *, who achieved their rank only on the retired list). This list is organized without regard for which of the numeous retirement laws cited when the officers were placed on the retired list. |
| Active List |
| Name Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi Rear Admiral George E. Belknap Rear Admiral David B. Harmony Rear Admiral A. E. K. Benham Rear Admiral John Irwin Commodore James A. Greer Commodore Aaron W. Weaver Commodore William P. McCann Commodore James H. Gillis Commodore George Brown Commodore John G. Walker Commodore Francis M. Ramsay Commodore Joseph S. Skerrett Commodore Joseph Fyffe Commodore Oscar F. Stanton |
| Date of Rank 26 January 1887 25 August 1887 12 February 1889 26 March 1889 28 February 1890 19 May 1891 19 May 1886 7 October 1886 26 January 1887 29 January 1887 4 September 1887 12 February 1889 26 March 1889 4 August 1889 28 February 1890 19 May 1891 |
| Duty Station Pres, Board of Inspection & Survey Commanding, North Atlantic Station Commanding, Asiatic Station En Route to Asiatic Station Command Waiting orders Commandant, Navy Yard, Mare Island Chairman, Light House Board Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk President, Examining & Retiring Boards Waiting Orders Commanding, Pacific Station (as RADM) Commanding, South Atlantic Station (as RADM) Chief, Bureau of Navigation Commandant, Navy Yard, Washington, DC Commanding Naval Station, New London Governor, Naval Home, Philadelphia |
| Retired List |
| Name Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge* Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee Rear Admiral Melancton Smith Rear Admiral Joseph. F. Green Rear Admiral Henry Walke Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins Rear Admiral Augustus L. Case Rear Admiral John L. Worden Rear Admiral John J. Almy Rear Admiral Roger N. Stembel* Rear Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers Rear Admiral John C. Howell Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen Rear Admiral George B. Balch Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens Rear Admiral John M. B. Clitz Rear Admiral Andrew Bryson Rear Admiral Donald McN. Fairfax Rear Admiral John C. Febiger Rear Admiral Peirce Crosby Rear Admiral Aaron K Hughes Rear Admiral Edmund R. Colhoun Rear Admiral Robert W. Shufeldt Rear Admiral Alexander C. Rhind Rear Admiral William G. Temple Rear Admiral Thomas S. Phelps Rear Admiral Earl English Rear Admiral John H. Upshur Rear Admiral Francis A. Roe Rear Admiral Samuel R. Franklin Rear Admiral Edward Y. McCauley Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce Rear Admiral James E. Jouett Rear Admiral John H. Russell Rear Admiral Walter W. Queen Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine Commodore Henry Bruce* Commodore Samuel Lockwood* Commodore Lewis C. Sartori Commodore Albert G. Clary Commodore William E. Hopkins Commodore Somerville Nicholson Commodore William D. Whiting Commodore Oscar C. Badger Commodore William K. Mayo |
| Date of Rank 25 July 1866* 22 April 1870 1 July 1870 13 July 1870 13 July 1870 15 August 1870 24 May 1872 20 November 1872 24 August 1873 5 June 1874* 14 June 1874 25 April 1877 11 December 1877 5 June 1878 27 October 1879 13 March 1880 25 March 1880 11 July 1880 4 February 1882 10 March 1882 2 July 1882 3 December 1882 7 May 1883 30 October 1883 22 February 1884 1 March 1884 4 September 1884 1 October 1884 3 November 1884 24 January 1885 2 March 1885 5 October 1885 19 February 1886 4 March 1886 28 August 1886 4 September 1887 12 March 1867* 12 March 1867* 12 December 1873 5 April 1874 1 December 1877 22 January 1880 12 October 1881 15 November 1881 2 July 1882 |
| Date Retired 24 April 1866 13 February 1873 24 May 1871 25 November 1872 26 April 1881 11 December 1873 3 February 1875 23 December 1886 24 April 1877 27 December 1872 14 November 1881 24 November 1881 4 June 1878 3 January 1883 27 May 1881 16 October 1883 30 January 1883 30 September 1881 1 July 1882 29 October 1883 31 March 1884 6 May 1883 21 February 1884 31 October 1883 29 February 1884 2 November 1884 18 February 1886 1 June 1885 4 October 1885 24 August 1887 25 January 1887 25 March 1889 27 February 1890 27 August 1886 6 October 1886 18 May 1891 13 September 1855 1 October 1864 3 June 1874 3 June 1874 10 January 1883 7 April 1881 12 October 1881 12 August 1885 18 May 1886 |
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