Lieutenant Commander
(LCDR)
Paygrade: O-4 |
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| A Lieutenant Commander is the fourth commissioned rank within The Royal Manticoran Navy. As the first field grade rank within the Navy, Lieutenant Commanders may see service as chief division officer or even as the Executive Officer of a larger ship such as a Light Cruiser (CL) or Battlecruiser (BC). Officers of this rank can be appointed to command a Destroyer (DD). It is immediately junior to a Commander and senior to a Lieutenant (sg). |
In order to qualify for the rank of Lieutenant Commander, you must have the following:
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| A member may brevetted to this rank based upon the needs of the service, fleet, or ship. |
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| O-6-B |  Captain of the List Captain (SG) |
 Colonel (of the List) |
 Colonel (of the List) |
 Captain of the List Senior Captain |
| O-6-A |  Captain (JG) |
 Captain |
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| This title was introduced in the United States Navy in 1862 with the reorganization of the service. Previous to this time, all lieutenants in command of smaller men-of-war were called “lieutenants commanding.” For example, in the roster of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in 1862 once reads: |
(USS) Valley City, Lieut. Commanding S. C. Chaplin, bearing the
flag of Flag Officer Goldsborough; also (USS) Commander Perry,
Lieutenant Commander C. W. Flusser. |
| The title lieutenant commander was derived from the term “lieut. commanding.” |
| Lieutenants were commonly put in command of smaller vessels not warranting a Commander or captain: such a lieutenant was called a “lieutenant commanding” or “lieutenant commandant” in the United States Navy, and a “lieutenant in command”, “lieutenant and commander”, or “senior lieutenant” in the Royal Navy. The USN settled on “lieutenant commander” in 1862, and made it a distinct rank; the RN followed suit in March 1914. |
| Reference: Naval Ceremonies, Customs, and Traditions by VADM William P. Mack, USN (ret) and LCDR Royal W. Connell, USN. |