The USS Nimitz Symbolizes a Bygone Era for the U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz was one of the most legendary men to have ever served in the United States Navy. Having led the U.S. Navy’s island ...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert E. Schonland and LCdr Bruce McCandless aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38), in December 1942. PD. Although Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz were the two ...

Admiral Chester Nimitz made the call to target him. As Donald A. Davis notes in his book Lightning Strike, the fact that Yamamoto, who carried out the Pearl Harbor attack, was responsible for the ...

Chester Nimitz is a 2yo ch unknown from Ireland trained by N Meade, who is based at Meath. It is sired by the stallion Profitable out of the dam Pinewoods Lily. Chester Nimitz is yet to break its ...

The Nimitz-class supercarriers, named after Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, have been the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier fleet since the 1970s. What You Need to Know: The Nimitz ...

The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

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.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert E. Schonland and LCdr Bruce McCandless aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38), in December 1942. PD. Although Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz were the two ...

During the post-Civil War cuts, the Navy’s physical and intellectual capital declined. Not so in the interwar period.