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 ...

A look ahead to the Navy's plans for 2025 includes the potential arrival of another LA-class sub, and a shipyard project advancing.

“I didn’t know nothing about a Purple Heart. They told me go get ready because I was going over to the main ship, Admiral Nimitz is going to pin a Purple Heart on you. I said, ‘What?’ I didn’t know ...

The keel was laid down on June 22, 1968, and the ship was named on May 13, 1972, by Catherine Nimitz Lay, Admiral Nimitz’s daughter, six years after his passing. The Nimitz was delivered to the ...

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

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 ...

“They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side ...” — Adm. Chester W. Nimitz Dec. 7, 1941, began as a typical Sunday morning, as sailors on the USS ...

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 ...