General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. Mary Nimitz launches destroyer

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. Mary Nimitz launches destroyer

1945

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1) MHS Mary Nimitz and school friends on launching platform. 2) CU Mary Nimitz poses with launching bottle with father, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. 3) CU Admiral Nimitz. 4) CU-Pan Sleeve braid to face of Admiral Nimitz. 5) MS Mary Nimitz christens USS Buck, ship slides down ways into water. 6) MS Ship dead in water, workers aboard. 7) CU Crowd gathers around Mary Nimitz. 8) MS Mary Nimitz takes bow and shakes hands with her father. 9) SHS Mary Nimitz shakes hands with her father, spectators background, photographers foreground. 10) MS Workers aboard USS Buck wave to spectators on dock.

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Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

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Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; 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' propu...