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 ...

The lead ship of the class of U.S. Navy supercarriers was fittingly named for World War II Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and subsequent carriers of the class were named for past presidents.

Marshall and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz by Rabbi Benjamin Schultz, national director of the American Jewish League Against Communism. “Such irresponsible attacks,” the statement said ...

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.

Questioned at a press conference aboard a submarine about U.S. Navy counteroperations, island-wise, white-thatched Admiral Chester W. Nimitz answered in island slang: “Hoomanawanui” (Let time ...