# How many admirals in the US Navy?  How many ships

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**Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-admirals-in-the-us-navy-how-many-ships/506528/61 "2012-12-05T20:58:13Z")

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> [@Camus](#):
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> Doubtful. There is no national guard equivalent in the Navy, there’s just the Naval Reserve. It’s inconceivable for a sailor to work his/her way up to even a Rear Admiral just being in the Naval Reserve alone. By the time a sailor reached that rank, they would certainly be eligible to retire anyway, since you aren’t going to find any one-star generals or rear admirals who have been in the military less than 20 years.

There are 52 Navy Reserve admirals in addition to the active duty ones.

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