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<p><a href="page.php?w=Vice_National_Commodore">Vice National Commodore</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=National_Commodore">National Commodore</a>.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p><big>Early days</big></p>
<p>Use of the term "commodore" dates from 1775 in the then-<a href="page.php?w=Continental_Navy">Continental Navy</a>, the predecessor of the modern <a href="page.php?w=U.S._Navy">U.S. Navy</a>, when it was established (but not used) as a courtesy title reserved for captains in command of a fleet or squadron.The first U.S. naval officer to become a commodore was</p><p>
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