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Who is the highest ranking officer in U.S. Navy history? #OTD in 1899, the Senate approved President McKinley's nomination of George Dewey for the grade of Admiral of the Navy. Dewey was the first and only person to hold the rank which would now be equated to a six star admiral.
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