For instance, Henry H. Bell was a commander when he served as David G. Farragut's fleet captain in the Civil War.
In 1869 the Secretary of the Navy ordered that the title of fleet captain be changed to "chief of staff.
Fleet captain has appeared in several science fiction sources, the most notable of which is Star Trek.
[5] The fictional Royal Manticoran Navy of the Honor Harrington series maintains an equivalent rank of "Captain of the List."
Captains of the List are typically given more prestigious commands than Captains not yet on the List, such as battlecruisers and superdreadnoughts, and are considered sufficiently "safe" in career terms that their promotion to flag rank is seen as an eventuality of accumulating sufficient seniority.