Chester Nimitz

Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was the Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II. He was the nation's leading authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation (now called the Bureau of Personnel) in 1939.

Memorials

The following institutions and locations have been named in honor of Nimitz:

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• USS Nimitz, the first of a class of nuclear-powered supercarriers, which was ordered in 1967 and commissioned in 1975
• Nimitz Foundation, established in 1970, which funds the National Museum of the Pacific War
• Nimitz Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 880 in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Nimitz Glacier in Antarctica for his service during Operation Highjump
• Nimitz Highway, Hawaiian state route 92 in Honolulu
• Nimitz Library, the main library at the U.S. Naval Academy
• Nimitz State Historic Site, a division of the Texas state park system

plus various K-12 schools in Hawaii, California and Texas.

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