Master (naval)

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Master was a historic rank of the United States Navy, above that of an ensign and below a lieutenant.[1] It remained in use until after the American Civil War before being replaced with the current Lieutenant, Junior Grade on March 3, 1883.[2]

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  1. ^ United States Department of the Navy (1877). Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States 1876. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, pp. 5–6. 
  2. ^ Mallory, John A. (1914). Compiled Statutes of the United States 1913 1. St. Paul: Wast Publishing Company, p. 1062. 
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