Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy

[5][6] On July 16, 1862, Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut became the first Hispanic-American to be appointed to the rank of rear admiral.

As of April 2007, twenty-two Hispanic-Americans have reached the rank of admiral, and of this number thirteen were graduates of the USNA.

Admiral, a word that stems from Medieval Latin forms of the Arabic title emir ("commander"),[9] is the rank of the highest naval officers.

[6][10] Hispanic American is an ethnic term employed to categorize any citizen or resident of the United States, of any racial background, of any country, and of any religion, who has at least one ancestor from the people of Spain or is of non-Hispanic origin, but has an ancestor from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central or South America, or some other Hispanic origin.

The three largest Hispanic groups in the United States are the Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans.

[8] In April 1862, Farragut was the "flag officer" in command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron.

When the Tecumseh, one of the ships under his command, struck a mine and went down, Farragut shouted through a trumpet from his flagship to the Brooklyn, "What's the trouble?"

[16] The first Hispanic-American to graduate from the academy to reach the rank of admiral was Robert F. Lopez, class of 1879.

Lopez was a Commodore during World War I, which technically made him the first Hispanic alumnus to become an admiral.

DelToro served as the program manager for Undersea Defensive Warfare Systems from December 2011 to April 2015.

In this position, he was responsible for leading more than 5,000 scientists, engineers, technicians and support personnel, both civilian and active duty, within two NUWC divisions.