Nestled on the edge of Yerba Buena Island, hidden under the noisy freeway, stands a three-story mansion known as the Nimitz House. Rear Admiral John Bitoff, who lived there from 1989 to 1992 while ...

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 at ...

In the run-up to World War II, Japan had a clear naval advantage over the U.S. It had a larger agile fleet manned by legions of experienced sailors. Yet in battle after battle, Adm. Chester Nimitz led ...

A s tensions between Beijing and Washington continue to mount, the Trump administration has dispatched two of the Navy’s ...

General Douglas MacArthur wades through knee-deep waters on the approach to “Red Beach” located north of Palo near Tacloban on Leyte Island in the Philippines. His face is stern, defiant. He strides ...

Surviving Australian veterans of the Battle of the Coral Sea will be flown to New York next month to commemorate the battle’s 75th anniversary. Staff Officer Heritage Research at the Sea Power Centre ...

Sister M. Aquinas Nimitz, O.P. (Mary Manson Nimitz) Died peacefully at Our Lady of Lourdes Convent in San Rafael on February 27th, 2006 of complications from cancer. She was 74 years old. Sister ...

World War II Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg, a settlement of German immigrants in the Hill Country. He was fluent in German. His frail father, Chester Bernhard Nimitz, ...

The Navy has begun the process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975. Huntington Ingalls Inc. has received an $18.4 million contract from U.S. Naval ...