This article deals with the naval rank. For the rank "captain" in the Marines, see captain (marines).

Captain is the highest line-officer rank used in Earth Starfleet and Federation Starfleet, immediately superior commander. A captain may be a department head or commanding officer of a starship or starbase, an aide-de-camp, executive officer, or adjutant of a flag officer, or a fleet captain.

The commanding officer of a vessel is addressed as "captain" while on their ship, regardless of rank.

This rank is also used in the Imperial Klingon Fleet and the Klingon Defense Force and other star navies, most notably the Lyran Starfleet.

The rank is equivalent to the Marines rank of colonel, flight commander in the Federation Starfighter Corps, the Cardassian Union title of gul, the Ferengi quasi-military title of daimon, and the Romulan and pre-Federation Vulcan rank of commander.

HoD was the Klingon term for the rank of captain. (The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon)

RIS Bouteina saw several HoDs: Golar was the captain of the IKV Naq'jej, while HoD Krug was the commanding officer of the IJN Eidolon.

Contents 1 History 2 Insignia 2.1 Starfleet insignia 2.2 Other insignia 3 Starfleet captains 4 External links

HistoryEdit

The term comes from the navies of Earth. The United States Navy abbreviation was CAPT.

InsigniaEdit

Starfleet insigniaEdit

22nd century	2230s	AR 2250s	2250s	2265-2270s	Early 2270s

Late 2270s-2350s	2350s-2360s	2360s-2370s	2373-	2380s

2390s	29th century

Other insigniaEdit

Klingon navy 23rd century	Klingon navy 24th century	Vulcan High Command	Kellarian Navy

Lyran Starfleet 23rd century	Lyran Starfleet 24th century

Starfleet captainsEdit

• See Category:Starfleet captains

		Enlisted ranks					Etc	Officer ranks						Flag ranks
Starfleet		CR CA CN	PO3 PO2 PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO CMCPO FMCPO MCPOSF	WO CDT MID REC	ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT FCAPT	CDRE RDML	RADM	VADM	ADM	FADM CINC
Klingon Defense Force (Ground forces & navy)		Bekk	Cpl	Sgt	MSgt	SgtMaj		2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt (HoH)	Maj	LtCol	Col	Brig ('ech)		LtGen	Gen (Sa')
			PO2	PO1	CPO	MCPO		ENS	LTJG	LT (Sogh)	LCDR	CDR (la')	CAPT (HoD)	CDRE (totlh)		VADM	ADM
Vulcan High Command								SLT	LT	MAJ	SCDR	CDR	CAPT	Administrator
Kai Imperium		TRN MNX IMUN	LGN3 LGN2 LGN1	CLGN	CEN	SCEN		PVT	PRN		OP	TRB VIC	PR	PTR		MST	LEG	IMP
Kellarian System Defense Force (Navy & Ground forces)		CR CN	PO2 PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO		ENS	LT	SCDR		CDR	CAPT	CDRE	VADM	ADM		FADM
		PVT PFC	CPL SGT	SSG	MSG	SGM		SLT					COL	MGEN	LGEN	GEN		CGEN
Lyran ranks		CR CN	PO2 PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO	CDT	ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT FCAPT	CDRE	SCDRE	VADM	COUNT	DUKE KING

External linksEdit

• Captain article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Captain article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
• Captain article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.