Chester Nimitz: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

[[File:Chester Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg|thumb|right|Chester W. Nimitz]][[Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Donanma Amiralı|Donanma Amiralı]]
'''Chester William Nimitz''', [[Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Deniz Kuvvetleri|USN]], [[Order of the Bath|GCB]] (24 Şubat 1885 &ndash; 20 Şubat 1966) [[Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Deniz Kuvvetleri]]'nde görev yapmış bir amiraldı. [[Commander in Chief]], [[United States Pacific Fleet]] olmak üzere iki komutayı elinde bulundurmuştur ("CinCPac", "sink-pack" olarak telaffuz edilir), for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during [[World War II]].<ref name="nimitzBook">{{cite book|last=Potter|first=E. B.|title=Nimitz|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, MD|date=1976|pages=45|isbn=0870214926}}</ref> He was the leading U.S. Navy authority on [[submarine]]s, as well as Chief of the Navy's [[Bureau of Navigation (U.S. Navy)|Bureau of Navigation]] in 1939. He served as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1945 until 1947. He was the United States' last surviving Fleet Admiral.