Re: Force sizes-Confusing US ranks

On 22-Mar-02 at 22:49, John Leary (john_t_leary@yahoo.com) wrote:

> Commodore is not a rank in the U.S.N..   A Commodore
> is the senior captain in a group of captains of equal
> rank.

The US had Commodore as a rank from 1862-1899, 1943-1950,
and 1983-1986.

http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/triv4-5k.htm

Roger Books (I still wonder what they call a Captain who is not