# Comparative navy officer ranks of the Americas

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

## Officers

| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | Captain | Captain | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant |
| Argentine Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Argentine Navy vte | | | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contralmirante | Contralmirante | Comodoro de marina | Comodoro de marina | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Guardia­marina | Guardia­marina |
| Royal Bahamas Defence Force vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Royal Bahamas Defence Force vte | | | | | | | | | Commodore | Commodore | Captain | Captain | Senior commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Senior lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant |
| Barbados Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barbados Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | Commodore | Commodore | | | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sub lieutenant | Sub lieutenant | Sub lieutenant | Midshipman | Midshipman | Midshipman |
| Belize Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Belize Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | Rear admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral (lower half) | Rear admiral (lower half) | Captain | Captain | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Ensign | Ensign | Ensign |
| Bolivian Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bolivian Navy vte | | | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contraalmirante | Contraalmirante | | | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Alférez | Alférez | Alférez |
| Brazilian Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazilian Navy vte | Almirante | Almirante | Almirante de esquadra | Almirante de esquadra | Vice-almirante | Vice-almirante | Contra-almirante | Contra-almirante | | | Capitão de mar e guerra | Capitão de mar e guerra | Capitão de fragata | Capitão de fragata | Capitão de corveta | Capitão de corveta | Capitão-tenente | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Segundo-tenente |
| Royal Canadian Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Royal Canadian Navy vte | | | Admiral | Admiral | Vice-admiral | Vice-admiral | Rear-admiral | Rear-admiral | Commodore | Commodore | Captain (N) | Captain (N) | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant-commander | Lieutenant-commander | Lieutenant (N) | Lieutenant (N) | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant |
| Royal Canadian Navy vte | | | Amiral(e) | Amiral(e) | Vice-amiral(e) | Vice-amiral(e) | Contre-amiral(e) | Contre-amiral(e) | Commodore | Commodore | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant(e) de vaisseau | Lieutenant(e) de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1$^{re}$ classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1$^{re}$ classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1$^{re}$ classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2$^e$ classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2$^e$ classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2$^e$ classe |
| Chilean Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chilean Navy vte | | | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contraalmirante | Contraalmirante | Comodoro | Comodoro | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente 1° | Teniente 1° | Teniente 2° | Teniente 2° | Subteniente | Subteniente | Guardiamarina | Guardiamarina |
| Colombian National Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Colombian National Navy vte | | | Almirante | Almirante | | | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contralmirante | Contralmirante | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta |
| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| Costa Rica | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy |
| Cuban Revolutionary Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cuban Revolutionary Navy vte | | | | | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contralmirante | Contralmirante | Capitán de flotilla | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Alférez | Alférez |
| Dominica | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy |
| Dominican Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dominican Navy vte | | | | | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contralmirante | Contralmirante | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navio | Teniente de navio | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta |
| Ecuadorian Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ecuadorian Navy vte | | | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contralmirante | Contralmirante | | | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Alferez de fragata | Alferez de fragata | Alferez de fragata |
| Navy of El Salvador vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Navy of El Salvador vte | | | | | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contralmirante | Contralmirante | | | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta |
| Grenada | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy |
| Guatemalan Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Guatemalan Navy vte | | | | | | | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navio | Teniente de fragata | Alférez de navio | Alférez de navio | Alférez de navio | Alférez de fragata | Alférez de fragata | Alférez de fragata |
| Guyana Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Guyana Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | Rear admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Commodore | Captain | Captain | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant junior grade | Lieutenant junior grade | Lieutenant junior grade | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant |
| Haitian Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Honduran Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Honduran Navy vte | | | | | | | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contralmirante | Contralmirante | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Alferez de fragata | Alferez de fragata | Alferez de fragata |
| Jamaican Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jamaican Coast Guard vte | | | | | Vice admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Commodore | Captain | Captain | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant |
| Mexican Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mexican Navy vte | | | Secretario de Marina | Secretario de Marina | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contraalmirante | Contraalmirante | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navio | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Guardiamarina | Guardiamarina | Guardiamarina |
| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| Nicaraguan Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nicaraguan Navy vte | | | | | | | | | Contralmirante | Contralmirante | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Alférez | Alférez |
| Panama | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy |
| Paraguayan Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paraguayan Navy vte | | | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contraalmirante | Contraalmirante | | | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navio | Teniente de navio | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de corbeta | Teniente de corbeta | Guardiamarina | Guardiamarina |
| Peruvian Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Peruvian Navy vte | Gran Almirante del Perú | Gran Almirante del Perú | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contraalmirante | Contraalmirante | | | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente primero | Teniente primero | Teniente segundo | Teniente segundo | Teniente segundo | Alférez de fragata | Alférez de fragata | Alférez de fragata |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sub-Lieutenant | Sub-Lieutenant | Sub-Lieutenant | Midshipman | Midshipman | Midshipman |
| Saint Lucia | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy | No navy |
| Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | Rear admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Commodore | Captain | Captain | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant | Acting sub-lieutenant |
| United States Navy vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| United States Navy vte | Fleet admiral | Fleet admiral | Admiral | Admiral | Vice admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral (lower half) | Rear admiral (lower half) | Captain | Captain | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Ensign | Ensign | Ensign |
| United States Coast Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| United States Coast Guard vte | | | Admiral | Admiral | Vice admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral (lower half) | Rear admiral (lower half) | Captain | Captain | Commander | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Ensign | Ensign | Ensign |
| United States Marine Corps vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| United States Marine Corps vte | | | General | General | Lieutenant general | Lieutenant general | Major general | Major general | Brigadier general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Major | Captain | Captain | First lieutenant | First lieutenant | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
| National Navy of Uruguay vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| National Navy of Uruguay vte | | | Almirante | Almirante | | | Contraalmirante | Contraalmirante | | | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Alférez de navio | Alférez de navio | Alférez de fragata | Alférez de fragata | Guardiamarina | Guardiamarina |
| Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela vte | | | Almirante en jefe | Almirante en jefe | Almirante | Almirante | Vicealmirante | Vicealmirante | Contraalmirante | Contraalmirante | Capitán de navío | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Teniente de navío | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Teniente de fragata | Alferez de navío | Alferez de navío | Alferez de navío |
| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |