stoner@qumix.UUCP (Dave Stone) (10/08/85)
> Commodore is not a navy rank it is a courtesy title for use > when a person with the rank of Captain is aboard a ship which he > is not currently commanding. There may be only one person aboard a > ship who has the title "Captain". > -- > Motorola Semiconductor Inc. Hunter Scales > Austin, Texas {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax,gatech}!ut-sally!oakhill!hunter > > (I am responsible for myself and my dog and no-one else) It's been a long time since I was in the Navy but unless things have changed since then (8 years ago) as I understood it Commodore was a rank between Captain and Admiral and usually only given in war time....I'll be the first to admit I may be wrong...... +----------------+ / /| +----------------+ | | stoner@qumix | | | David A. Stone | | | Qume Corp. | + | San Jose, CA. |/ +----------------+
bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) (10/16/85)
> > Commodore is not a navy rank it is a courtesy title for use > > when a person with the rank of Captain is aboard a ship which he > > is not currently commanding. There may be only one person aboard a > > ship who has the title "Captain". > > -- > It's been a long time since I was in the Navy but unless things have changed > since then (8 years ago) as I understood it Commodore was a rank between > Captain and Admiral and usually only given in war time....I'll be the first > to admit I may be wrong...... >