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Despite awarding Army engineer Edgar Jadwin the retired pay of a lieutenant general under almost identical circumstances, the Comptroller General of the United States denied Leys the retired pay of a vice admiral on the grounds that the grade had been abolished in 1890 and all subsequent vice admirals actually held the grade of rear admiral ...
Lloyd T. Chalker. From 1923 to 1949, Coast Guard officers could retire with the rank and retired pay of the next higher grade if they had at least 40 years of service, including time as a cadet, [3] although the retired pay for a vice admiral was the same as for a rear admiral (upper half).
Repealed authorization for officers with 40 years of service to retire with the rank and retired pay of the next higher grade, effective November 1, 1949. Act of October 12, 1949 [Career Compensation Act of 1949] 63 Stat. 807: Established pay grade O-8 for admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. Act of August 3, 1950 64 Stat. 406
A vice admiral or lieutenant general could only receive a tombstone promotion to four-star admiral or general if he still held a three-star job when he retired, so when Marine Corps lieutenant general Oliver P. Smith was abruptly ordered to relinquish his three-star command on September 1, 1955, and revert to major general for the two months ...
Vice admiral (abbreviated as VADM) is a three-star commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, and the United States Maritime Service, with the pay grade of O-9.
The grade of vice admiral had been exempted from mandatory retirement when it was created in 1864 for David G. Farragut, as was the subsequent grade of admiral created in 1866 for Farragut and David D. Porter, who both remained on the active list at full pay until their deaths in 1870 and 1891.
Pay grades [1] are used by the eight structurally organized uniformed services of the United States [2] (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps), as well as the Maritime Service, to determine wages and benefits based on the corresponding military rank of a member of the services.
Congress passed special legislation to give a fourth star to retired Navy vice admiral Hyman G. Rickover. Before World War II, the Navy had permanent authorization for 4 ex officio admirals: 1 ashore as chief of naval operations, and 3 afloat commanding the United States Fleet, Battle Force, and Asiatic Fleet. For the postwar establishment, the ...