What is Lieutenant (navy)?
[[File:U.S. Navy lieutenant in reefer and watch cap, 2015.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A lieutenant of the United States Navy in 2015]] '''Lieutenant''' (abbreviated '''Lt''', '''LT''', '''LT(N)''', '''Lt(N)''', '''Lieut''' and '''LEUT''', depending on nation) is a [[commissioned officer]] rank in many nations' [[navy|navies]]. It is the most senior of junior officer ranks.<ref name=RNM>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_nav_rankings.htm#Lt |title=Officer Ranks in the Royal Navy - Lieutenant |publisher=Royal Naval Museum |access-date=2008-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011015812/http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_nav_rankings.htm |archive-date=2014-10-11 }}</ref> The now immediately senior rank of [[lieutenant commander]] was formerly a senior naval lieutenant rank. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Military ranks]] {{stub}}