Like its Royal Navy counterpart at the time, the U.S. Captain Isaac Hull, chafing at not being able to progress further in rank, wrote in 1814 that, if no admirals were to be authorized, something should be done to prevent, ".every midshipman that has command of a gunboat on a separate station taking upon himself the name of Commodore". Congress was originally unwilling to authorize more than four officer ranks in the navy (captain, master commandant, lieutenant, and midshipman) until 1862, considerable importance was attached to the title of commodore. naval officer to become a commodore was John Barry, a senior officer of the Navy, appointed in 1794 after the former Continental Navy was reorganized into what would become the current U.S. Navy, when it was established (but not used) as a courtesy title reserved for captains in command of a fleet or squadron. Use of the term "commodore" dates from 1775 in the then– Continental Navy, the predecessor of the modern U.S.
History Early days 19th-century commodore insignia However, "commodore" is a rank that is actively used in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the civilian volunteer branch of the Coast Guard, for the ranks of District Commodore, Vice National Commodore, and National Commodore. Coast Guard for those senior captains (pay grade O-6) in command of operational organizations composed of multiple independent subordinate naval units (e.g., multiple independent ships or aviation squadrons). Today, it is no longer a specific rank within active-duty or reserve forces or in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps or NOAA Corps, but it remains in use as an honorary title within the U.S. For over two centuries, the designation has been given varying levels of authority and formality.
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