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Chester W. Nimitz Chester William Nimitz (; 24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, ...

(1885–1966), fleet admiral of the United States Navy *

Chester Nimitz Jr. Chester William "Chet" Nimitz Jr. (February 17, 1915 – January 2, 2002) was an American submarine commander in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War, and a businessman. He was awarded the Navy Cross and three Silver Stars ...

(1915–2002), an American officer and submarine commander *

Jack Nimitz Jack Nimitz (January 11, 1930 – June 10, 2009) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist, nicknamed "The Admiral" - a reference to Chester Nimitz. Career A native of Washington, D.C., Nimitz started on clarinet in his early teens before pl ...

(1930–2009), American musician

Named for Fleet Admiral Nimitz

* USS ''Nimitz'' (CVN-68), a U.S. Navy supercarrier ** ''Nimitz''-class aircraft carrier, a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers ** USS ''Nimitz'' UFO incident, a 2004 unexplained aerial phenomenon *

Nimitz High School (Harris County, Texas) Chester W. Nimitz Senior High School is a public secondary school made up of two campuses located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. The campuses have Houston addresses. The school is located directly across the street fr ...

, Houston, Texas *

Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas) Chester W. Nimitz High School is a public high school in the Irving Independent School District, Irving, Texas. It was named for U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Nimitz High School is one of five public high schools in the Irving Independent ...

Nimitz Elementary School The Cupertino Union School District (abbreviated as CUSD) is a school district in Santa Clara County, California. CUSD's jurisdiction covers the communities of Cupertino, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Saratoga, and Los Altos. CUSD oper ...

, Sunnyvale, California *

Nimitz Freeway Nimitz may refer to: People * Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), fleet admiral of the United States Navy * Chester Nimitz Jr. (1915–2002), an American officer and submarine commander * Jack Nimitz (1930–2009), American musician Named for Fle ...

, a designation of Interstate 880 in the San Francisco Bay Area *

Nimitz Highway Route 92 is a major east–west highway on the island of Oahu which begins at exit 15 off Interstate H-1 (H-1) in Honolulu. The western end of the highway is located at the gate to Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam and the eastern end is ...

, a local name for Hawaii Route 92, a major east–west highway on the island of Oahu *

Nimitz, West Virginia Nimitz is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 3 to the west of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County. Its elevation is 2,523 feet (769 m). It has a ...

Nimitz Glacier The Nimitz Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, long and wide, draining the area about west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains ...

, an Antarctic glacier *

Nimitz Strike Group Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11 or CARSTRKGRU 11) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. The aircraft carrier is the strike group's current flagship. Other units currently assigned to the group include the cruisers and , and Destroyer Squadron 9. ...

, a deployment of the U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 11 *

Admiral Nimitz Museum Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of th ...

, a feature of the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas * ''Nimitz Class'' (novel), a 1997 naval thriller by Patrick Robinson * Nimitz, the personal pet of the title character in David Weber's ''

Honor Harrington The Honorverse is a military science fiction book series, its two Spin-off (media), subseries, two prequel series, and anthologies created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. They are centered on the space navy career of the principal p ...

'' military science fiction series

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Named for Fleet Admiral Nimitz

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