What You Need to Know: The USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the lead ship of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, symbolizes a pivotal era in U.S. Navy history. Commissioned in 1975, it ...

World War II Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg, a settlement of German immigrants in the Hill Country. He was fluent in German. His frail father, Chester Bernhard Nimitz, ...

The Nimitz is the first of the class of 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers based on the same design. It’s named after former five-star admiral Chester Nimitz, a Navy leader in World War II.

More: After 99,000 miles, USS Nimitz returns to Bremerton following record-setting deployment Changes to technology also made family connections harder during this deployment.

Admirals Farragut and Nimitz Historian Craig Symonds talked about the similarities and differences in leadership between Civil War Admiral David Farragut and World War II -era Admiral Chester Nimitz.

The USS Nimitz Is 50 Years Old The deployment of the USS Nimitz, named for World War II US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz, coincides with the 50th anniversary of its commissioning in 1975.

Chester Nimitz graduated seventh out of 114 midshipmen in his Naval Academy Class of 1905, and his World War II strategy is widely credited with guiding the Allied victory in the Pacific.

The Nimitz is the first of the class of 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers based on the same design. It’s named after former five-star admiral Chester Nimitz, a Navy leader in World War II.

Chester Nimitz was a Texan ready to serve his country in its darkest days. Through clever planning and fearless determination, Nimitz led naval forces in the Pacific to victory in World War II.

Learn more about Admiral Chester W Nimitz Elementary School here - See an overview of the school, get student population data, enrollment information, test scores and more.

Born in 1972 in a military family, the New Jersey native always heard about the Nimitz and the upcoming nuclear-powered Nimitz class carriers, he said.

Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay By Craig L. Symonds (Oxford University Press, 496 pages, $29.95) We have no dearth of Political Generals, that is, with a capital ...