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COMMODORE (a See also: rank in the See also: British See also: navy for an officer in command of a See also: squadron
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There are two kinds, one with and the other without a captain below him in his See also: ship, the first holding the temporary rank, pay, &c., of a See also: rear-See also: admiral, the other that of captain
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It is also given as a courtesy title to the See also: senior officer of a squadron of more than three vessels
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In the See also: United States navy " commodore " was a courtesy title given to captains who had been in command of a squadron
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In 1862 it was made a commissioned rank, but was abolished in 1899
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The name is given to the president of a yacht See also: club, as of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and to the senior captain of a See also: fleet of See also: merchant vessels
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