Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert E ... Navy Secretary Frank Knox gave Nimitz command of the Pacific Fleet. As considerable as his tactical skills were, perhaps Nimitz's greatest ...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert E ... Navy Secretary Frank Knox gave Nimitz command of the Pacific Fleet. As considerable as his tactical skills were, perhaps Nimitz's greatest ...

Admiral William L. Calhoun was born in Palatka, Florida, on July 13, 1884, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906.

Named after Chester W. Nimitz, a World War II Pacific fleet commander and the Navy’s third fleet admiral, it’s one of the largest warships in the world. The Nimitz was built as CVAN-68 ...

To replace aging Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz as Chief of Naval Operations, President Truman last week picked Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, 56, commander of the Pacific Fleet. A onetime chief of naval ...

The ship was named for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who commanded the Pacific fleet in World War II. Unlike all subsequent Nimitz class carriers, Nimitz only uses its namesake's surname.

Born in 1924, he has a century of stories in his recollection, with front row experience, from Tivy High School to the ...

Aerial view of the pier at the Nimitz Marine Facility on San Diego Harbor. The Nimitz Marine Facility (MarFac) is the home port and technical support center for the Scripps oceanographic research ...

(KPLC) - A Sulphur man who signed up for the Navy in World War 2 came home with a Purple Heart presented by the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. 98-year-old William Covington signed ... They ...