(covers information from several alternate timelines)
Fleet admiral was a military rank, the equivalent of which was used by the service organizations of many civilizations. As a traditional grade, fleet admiral was the most senior flag officer rank of a naval organization, above all the flag admiral grades save for commander-in-chief.
In Starfleet, fleet admiral existed as a separate rank, but was also used as a title awarded and referring to officers wearing insignia of vice admiral or admiral, such as Fleet Admiral Shanthi. (TNG: "Redemption II")
While decorating to entertain Khan Noonien Singh aboard the USS Enterprise in 2267, Leonard McCoy commented that the ship must be expecting a fleet admiral for dinner. (TOS: "Space Seed") In 2384, two unnamed fleet admirals served as Justices at Starfleet Headquarters. (PRO: "Supernova, Part 2")
Fleet admirals[]
The following admirals wore the insignia for the fleet admiral rank:
- Brett Anderson
- Robert April
- Bill, Commander in Chief
- Bob, Chief of Staff
- Cartwright
- Kirsten Clancy, Commander in Chief
- Javas
- Alexander Marcus (alternate reality)
- Morrow, Commander, Starfleet
- Elizabeth Shelby
- Terral
- Zus Tlaggul, Space Command Representative
- Charles Vance, Commander in Chief
The following admirals were referred to as fleet admirals but wore the rank insignia for vice admiral:
Enlisted personnel | Commissioned officers | Flag officers | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fleet: | CRM | PO | CPO | MID CDT OC WO |
ENS | LT JG | LT | LT CMDR | CMDR | CAPT | FCAPT | CDORE | RADM | VADM | ADM | FADM | ||||
Military: | PVT AMN |
CPL LCP |
SGT | SSGT | MSGT 1SGT |
2nd LT | 1st LT | CAPT | MAJ | LT COL | COL | BRIG | MAJ GEN | LT GEN | GEN | MARSHAL | ||||
Services: | Andorian • Bajoran • Cardassian • Ferengi • Human (CSA • Third Reich • UE MACO • USA) • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Romulan • United Earth/Federation Starfleet • Vulcan Mirror universe: Terran Empire Starfleet • Terran Empire MACO |
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Background information[]
First mentioned in TOS: "Space Seed", the first fleet admiral seen on screen was Fleet Admiral Morrow in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Robert Blackman's production notes during Star Trek: The Next Generation described this rank as "5 Starfleet Admiral, gold framed bar w/5 dots." [1](X)
The Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 210-211) labeled this rank as "fleet admiral" referring to the late 2270's-2350's uniforms, and "fleet admiral, five star" referring to its use on 2350s-2370s, late 2360s-early 2370s, and 2370s uniforms.
Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 10, p. 99, mistakenly identified the late 2270's-2350's admiral insignia as the fleet admiral insignia.
A deleted scene from TNG: "The Inner Light" would have established a Fleet Admiral Gustafson who was at the time assigned to Starbase 218.
External links[]
- Fleet admiral at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Fleet admiral at Wikipedia