Master Commandant
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Master Commandant was a rank within the early United States Navy. A Master Commandant was a higher rank than Lieutenant, and would command warships too small to justify the command of a full Captain.
Master Commandant was roughly equivalent to the Royal Navy rank of Master and Commander. It was renamed Commander in about 1837.
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