The ceremony is to pay tribute to the events on May 26, 1981, when an accident on board the U.S.S. Nimitz took the lives of 14 men. On that day in ’81, a Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler crashed on the ...

Chester Nimitz, born in Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1885, rose to become a key figure in the U.S. Navy during World War II. As Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Nimitz led crucial victories ...

BATH - William E. Haggett passed away peacefully at his Birch Point home in West Bath on Saturday, March 1, 2025. ... BATH – William E. Haggett passed away peacefully at his Birch Point home in ...

O'CONNELL, William F. 'Willy'. Of Dorchester, died January 31, 2025, at the age of 100 years. Predeceased by his beloved wife Mary 'Esty ...

The Nimitz is the first of the class of 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers based on the same design. It’s named after former five-star admiral Chester Nimitz, a Navy leader in World War II.

The Nimitz is the first of the class of 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers based on the same design. It’s named after former five-star admiral Chester Nimitz, a Navy leader in World War II.

As is Navy tradition, the first vessel in a new line of ships shares the same name as its class, so the first Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was named the USS Nimitz. It is also known as CVN-68 ...

He was fluent in German. His frail father, Chester Bernhard Nimitz, died of rheumatic fever Aug. 14, 1884, six months before Chester’s birth. Similar to biblical writings, Chester’s mother, Anna, ...

Historian Craig Symonds talked about the similarities and differences in leadership between Civil War Admiral David Farragut and World War II-era Admiral Chester Nimitz. This event was part the ...

Pasadena Memorial center Robert Miller lll (23) goes up for a dunk over Nimitz High School's Jimiren Ratliff (23) and Malachai Augustus (5) during the first half of a non-district high school ...

His service had been so exemplary during his 23-year career that Adm. Chester Nimitz on Aug. 14, 1941 waived the usual service school requirement that would have allowed Thompson to take the exam ...