Vice admiral is a military rank, the equivalent of which was used by the service organizations of many civilizations. As a traditional grade, vice admiral was a flag officer superior to a rear admiral and below a full admiral of a naval organization. This rank was used by the Federation Starfleet as well as its predecessor the Earth Starfleet. Vice admirals commanded entire fleets of vessels, divisions at Starfleet Headquarters, starbases, and other senior positions in the fleet.
In comparison to other ranking systems, this rank was equivalent to the army lieutenant general rank or (approximately) the Candorian Union quasi-military rank of legate, or the Cardassian Union military rank of legate. In Romulan militaries the equivalent rank was named "erei'enriov" in Rihan.
Rank insignia of Starfleet vice admirals[]
| Command Division | |
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| 2150s | 
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| 2270s | 
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| 2270s | 
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| 2280s | 
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| 2350s | 
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| 2360s | 
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| 2370s | 
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Interservice comparison[]
| Enlisted ranks | Commissioned ranks | Flag ranks | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federation, Starfleet |
CR CA CREW |
PO3 PO2 PO1 |
CPO SCPO MCPO |
MCPOS | ENS | LTJG | LT | LCDR | CDR | CAPT | RALH | RADM | VADM | ADM | FADM | |
| Romulan | Uhlan | Decurion | ACENT (erein) |
SUBLT (erei'arrain) |
LT (arrain) |
CENT (enarrain) |
SCDR (erei'riov) |
CDR (riov) |
SADM (khre'riov) |
VADM (erei'enriov) |
ADM (enriov) |
HADM (rahaen'enriov) FADM (khre'enriov) {{{{{3}}}}} {{{{{4}}}}} {{{{{5}}}}} | ||||
Related links[]
External links[]
- Vice admiral article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Vice admiral article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
- Vice admiral article at Star Trek Expanded Universe.