David Glasgow Farragut was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition.
Farragut as a rear admiral, c. 1862–1864
Farragut as he appears in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, c. 1863
Farragut on board Hartford
Rear admiral (United States)
A rear admiral in the uniformed services of the United States is either of two different ranks of commissioned officers: one-star flag officers and two-star flag officers. By contrast, in most other countries, the term "rear admiral" refers only to an officer of two-star rank.
Future ADM Michelle Howard when she was a U.S. Navy RDML on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) in 2009.