Who is above a ship captain?

In the U.S. Navy a commodore is ranked above a captain and below a rear admiral; the designation has usually been used only in wartime. Outside the navies, the master of any vessel is addressed as captain, and the term is usually applied as a courtesy to marine pilots.



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Captain at sea is a naval rank corresponding to command of a ship-of-the-line or capital ship.

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In the U.S. military, a colonel in the army is the equivalent rank of a captain in the navy. The reason that colonel is pronounced like kernel in English is that the French borrowed colonel from Italian and pronounced the word with an /r/ sound, spelling it coronel. The word then came into English from French.

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But among commissioned officer ranks, it is a relatively low rank. Although it is superior to a 2nd Lieutenant and a 1st Lieutenant, it is junior to a Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General, and General of the Army.

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