United States Navy fleet admiral (1885–1966)
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He commanded the entire Pacific theatre for the United States in World War II — every ship, every plane, every beachhead from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay.
Chester William Nimitz was born 24 February 1885 and became the Navy's leading authority on submarines, qualifying early and later driving the shift from gasoline to diesel propulsion. Beginning in 1917, he developed underway replenishment techniques that would let fleets operate indefinitely without returning to port — the system that made Pacific island-hopping possible. He served as chief of the Bureau of Navigation from 1939 to 1942, then took command as Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, directing all Allied air, land, and sea forces through the war. After…
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Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might be the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of matériel and supplies?
Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making.
Well, you were only five miles, five degrees, and five minutes off.
Naval fleets probably never again will fight in full force... No government today can afford to run the risk of staking its entire naval force on a single battle.
A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder.
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