Comparative navy officer ranks of the Americas

Rank comparison chart of navies of North and South American states.

Officers
Rank group General/flag officers Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
 Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard[1]
Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant (junior grade) Sub-lieutenant Midshipman
 Argentine Navy[2]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contralmirante Comodoro de marina Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navío Teniente de fragata Teniente de corbeta Guardiamarina
 Royal Bahamas Defence Force[3]
Commodore Captain Senior commander Commander Lieutenant commander Senior lieutenant Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant Acting Sub-lieutenant Midshipman
 Barbados Coast Guard
Commodore Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Sub Lieutenant Midshipman
Belize Coast Guard
 Various[note 1]
Rear admiral Rear admiral (lower half) Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant (junior grade) Ensign Officer cadet
 Bolivian Naval Force[4]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contraalmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navio Teniente de fragata Alférez Cadete
Brazilian Navy[5]
Almirante Almirante de esquadra Vice-almirante Contra-almirante Capitão de mar e guerra Capitão de fragata Capitão de corveta Capitão-tenente Primeiro-tenente Segundo-tenente Guarda-marinha Aspirante
 Royal Canadian Navy[6]
Admiral Vice-admiral Rear-admiral Commodore Captain (N) Commander Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant (N) Sub-lieutenant Acting sub-lieutenant Naval cadet
Amiral Vice-amiral Contre-amiral Commodore Capitaine de vaisseau Capitaine de frégate Capitaine de corvette Lieutenant de vaisseau Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe Aspirant de marine
 Chilean Navy[7]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contraalmirante Comodoro Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente 1° Teniente 2° Subteniente Guardiamarina Cadete
 Colombian National Navy[8]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contralmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navío Teniente de fragata Teniente de corbeta
Rank group General/flag officers Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Costa Rica No navy
 Cuban Revolutionary Navy[9]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contralmirante Capitán de flotilla Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navío Teniente de fragata Teniente de corbeta Alférez
Dominica No navy
 Dominican Navy[10]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contralmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navio Teniente de fragata Teniente de corbeta Guardiamarina
 Ecuadorian Navy[11]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contralmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navío Teniente de fragata Alferez de fragata Guardiamarina 4to año Guardiamarina 3er año Guardiamarina 2do año Guardiamarina 1er año
 Navy of El Salvador[12]
Vicealmirante Contralmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navio Teniente de fragata Teniente de corbeta
Grenada No navy
Guyana Coast Guard
Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Grade Sub
lieutenant		 Midshipman
Haitian Navy
 Honduran Navy[13]
Vicealmirante Contralmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navio Teniente de fragata Alferez de fragata
 Jamaican Coast Guard[14]
Vice admiral Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant (junior grade) Sub-Lieutenant Midshipman
 Mexican Navy[15][16]
Secretario de marina Almirante Vicealmirante Contraalmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navio Teniente de fragata Teniente de corbeta Guardiamarina
Rank group General/flag officers Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
 Nicaraguan Navy[17]
Contralmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navío Teniente de fragata Teniente de corbeta Alférez
Panama No navy
 Paraguayan Navy[18]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contraalmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navio Teniente de fragata Teniente de corbeta Guardiamarina
 Peruvian Navy[19]
Gran Almirante del Perú Almirante Vicealmirante Contraalmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente primero Teniente segundo Alférez de fragata
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard
Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Midshipman Officer Cadet
Saint Lucia No navy
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No navy
 Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard[20]
Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant Acting sub-lieutenant Midshipman Officer cadet
 United States Navy[21]
Fleet admiral Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Rear admiral
(lower half)		 Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant
(junior grade)		 Ensign Midshipman / officer candidate
(Various insignia)
 United States Coast Guard[21]
 Various
Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Rear admiral
(lower half)		 Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant
(junior grade)		 Ensign Cadet / officer candidate
 United States Marine Corps[22]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Midshipman / officer candidate
(Various insignia)
 National Navy of Uruguay[23]
Almirante Vicealmirante Contraalmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navío Alfarez de navio Alfarez de fragata Guardiamarina
 Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela[24][25][26]
Almirante en jefe Almirante Vicealmirante Contraalmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente de navío Teniente de fragata Alferez de navío
Rank group General/flag officers Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

Warrant officers (WO1–CW5)

Warrant Officers (WO) and Chief Warrant Officers (CWO) in the US Military rank below officers but above officer candidates and enlisted servicemen. The first warrant officer rank, WO1 does not have a "commission" associated with it, instead having a "Warrant" from the Secretary of the Navy. Warrant officers are allowed the same courtesies as a commissioned officer, but may have some restrictions on their duties that are reserved for commissioned officers. Warrant officers usually receive a commission once they are promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2), but are usually not referred to as "commissioned officers". WO1s may be and sometimes are appointed by commission as stated in title 10USC.

Equivalent
NATO rank		WO-5WO-4WO-3WO-2WO-1
 Peruvian Navy
Técnico Supervisor Primero Técnico Supervisor Segundo Técnico Primero Técnico Segundo Técnico Tercero
 United States Navy
Chief warrant officer 5 Chief warrant officer 4 Chief warrant officer 3 Chief warrant officer 2 Warrant officer 1
 U.S. Coast Guard
Chief warrant officer 4 Chief warrant officer 3 Chief warrant officer 2
 United States Marine Corps
Chief warrant officer 5 Chief warrant officer 4 Chief warrant officer 3 Chief warrant officer 2 Warrant Officer 1
 Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
Maestro Técnico Supervisor Maestro Técnico Mayor Maestre Técnico Principal Maestre Auxiliar Maestre Técnico
Equivalent
NATO rank		WO-5WO-4WO-3WO-2WO-1

See also

Notes
  1. Dependent on the establishment the Officer Cadet studies at. This has included Heroica Escuela Naval Militar, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and the United States Coast Guard Academy.

References
  1. Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force. "Paratus" (PDF). Regional Publications Ltd. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. "Grados Militares". fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar (in Spanish). Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. "OFFICER RANKS". rbdf.gov.bs. Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (9 January 2020). "Conoce la jerarquía de los grados de la #ArmadaBoliviana" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. "Postos e Graduações". marinha.mil.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Navy. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. "Los grados jerárquicos de la Armada". armada.cl/ (in Spanish). Chilean Navy. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. Congreso de la República de Colombia (28 July 2010). "Ley 1405 de 2010 Nuevos Grados Militares" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  9. "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. "Insignias". mide.gob.do (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Dominican Republic). Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. "Officerer". armada.mil.ec (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Navy. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  12. "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  13. Flores, Edmundo (1995). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Honduras: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 232–233. LCCN 94043036. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  14. "BADGES OF RANK". Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  15. Secretary of the Navy (21 July 2018). "Ley Orgánica De La Armada De México" [Organic Law of the Mexican Navy] (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 16–17. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  16. "Grados y Equivalencias". 2006-2012.semar.gob.mx/ (in Spanish). 5 November 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  17. "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  18. Cooke, Melinda W. (1990). "Chapter 5: National Security". In Hanratty, Dennis M.; Meditz, Sandra W. (eds.). Paraguay: A Country Study. Area Handbook Series (2nd ed.). Library of Congress. pp. 216–217. LCCN 89600299. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  19. "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  20. "Rank Chart (Commissioned Officers)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  21. "U.S. Military Rank Insignia". defense.gov. Department of Defense. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  22. "Ranks". marines.mil. U.S. Marine Corps. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  23. Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (1992). "Chapter 5. National Security". Uruguay: A Country Study (PDF) (2nd ed.). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8444-0737-2. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  24. "Grados de Generales y Almirantes". ejercito.mil.ve. Government of Venezuela. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  25. "Grados de Oficiales Superiores". ejercito.mil.ve. Government of Venezuela. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  26. "Grados de Oficiales Subalternos". ejercito.mil.ve. Government of Venezuela. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
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