Insignia of Rear Admirals of the Russian Navy
Rear Admiral - the first admiral rank in the fleets of many countries of the world.
While the vice admirals commanded and were on one of the vanguard ships, the rear admirals were usually on the rearguard ship, in turn, the admirals' location was the cordebatalia ship, from where they commanded the entire squadron (compound from the vanguard, cordebatalia, rearguard).
Corresponds to the rank of major general in the ground forces and aviation.
In the Navy of the USSR Armed Forces, the title of Rear Admiral was established by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 7, 1940.
| Junior title: 1st rank captain |  Rear admiral | Senior rank: Vice Admiral |
History of military rank insignia in Russia
- Samples of insignia Rear Admiral (OF-6) in the USSR and the Russian Federation
| Chin |  USSR Navy |  Navy of the Russian Federation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sleeve sign shoulder strap |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Patch "Commander ship brigades » (1918-1935) | Patch "Rear Admiral" (1935-1991) | shoulder strap to the tunic (1943-1955) | ... ceremonial (1955-1991) | ... ceremonial (1994-2010) | ... ceremonial to a white shirt (1994-2010) | ... daily (1994-2010) | ... ceremonial ( since 2010) | |
In the U.S. Navy
In the US Navy, the title “rear admiral” is divided into two levels: Rear Admiral Lower Half (rear admiral of the junior level, corresponds to the English rank Commodore and land rank “brigadier general”) and Rear Admiral Upper Half (rear admiral of the senior level, corresponds to English title Rear Admiral and land title "Major General").
See also
- Report card
- Corps of the Maritime Department of the Russian Empire
- List of flagships of the fleet of the 1st rank, flagships of the fleet of the 2nd rank, flagships of the 1st rank, flagships of the 2nd rank of the Naval Forces of the Red Army of the USSR (1935-1940)
- List of Fleet Flagship Engineers, 1st Rank Flagship Engineers, 2nd Rank Flagship Engineers, 3rd Rank Flagship Engineers of the USSR Red Army MC (1935-1940)
- List of admirals, vice admirals, rear admirals of the USSR Navy (1940-1945)
- List of admirals, vice admirals, rear admirals of the USSR Navy (1946-1960)
- List of engineer-admirals, engineer-vice-admirals, engineer-rear-admirals of the USSR Navy (1940-1945)
- List of engineer-admirals, engineer-vice-admirals, engineer-rear-admirals of the USSR Navy (1946-1960)
- List of admirals of the Russian Imperial Fleet
- List of admirals of the Navy of the USSR (1946-1960)