Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, in his office at CinCPac / CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters at Guam, in July 1945. Note Bent bamboo chair, and green stockings worn with his tropical khaki uniform.
Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (February 24, 1885 - February 20, 1966) was a
fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the
naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air,
land, and sea forces duringWorld War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy
authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years,
he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propulsion from
gasoline to diesel, and then later was key in acquiring approval to
build the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, whose
propulsion system later completely superseded diesel-powered submarines
in the US. He also, beginning in 1917, was the Navy's leading developer
of underway replenishment techniques, the tool which during the Pacific
war would allow the US fleet to operate away from port almost
indefinitely. The chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939,
Nimitz served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1945 until 1947. He was
the United States' last surviving officer who served in the rank of
fleet admiral.
Source :
NHHC (Naval History and Heritage Command), courtesy of Tobi Moll
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