Chester W. Nimitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chester W. Nimitz

United States Navy fleet admiral

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1885

Place of Birth: Fredericksburg, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1966

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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 during World 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approval to build the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, whose propulsion system later completely superseded diesel-powered submarines in the US.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.