Talk:Chester W. Nimitz

Should we have something about the different things that have been named after him? Not little things, but notable things? For instance Nimitz Highway here in Hawaii is a major hub for industry, and tourism. Pearl Harbors main gate is located just off of Nimitz. On the opposite end of the highway, many hotels, and major fishing wharfs are located right along the street.

I'm not saying things like that should or shouldn't be included, merely wondering. And for those of you who know me, I do have a slight interest in that particular example;-) Drew R. Smith 04:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I've been pondering that myself. I've driven on the one in Hawaii and also on the major freeway in Oakland, CA, with the same name (or at least more or less). I'm sure that there are other major ones here and there. Are there Bull Halsey Expressways or Ernie King Freeways? Hayford Peirce 04:30, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure -- Drew, you probably know the Hawaii things better than I do, but I'm concentrating on the historical. I might also add a big grey boat, USS Nimitz (CVN-68), and indeed the Nimitz-class.

Somewhere, sometime, I drove on a Halsey highway. Howard C. Berkowitz 04:56, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I think I've driven on an Ernie King Street. But it definitely wasn't notable. Who was he?

So since it's ok to add in the article, what would be the best way to do it? I don't want to accidentally turn this into a "grab bag of facts". I think I'll just write up a quick blurb about the highway in my sandbox and let someone else incorporate it into the article.Drew R. Smith 05:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Geez, Ernie King was Chester's boss! He wuz the Chief of Naval Operations! Hayford Peirce 05:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I figured I'd get a response like that. I'll admit I don't even know that much about Nimitz though. The "War in the Pacific" never really interested me as much as the European aspect of it. I grew up in, and around the U.S. Air Force, and the bombing runs and dogfights were what really caught my attention.Drew R. Smith 05:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, if you'd just bothered to look down through the rest of the Nimitz article you'd have *seen* that Ernie was the CNO *before* Chester became CNO.... Hayford Peirce 05:54, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

My apologies. You are right, I didn't read the entire article before posting. Drew R. Smith 08:15, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I've done my "blurb" on Nimitz Highway, but I got a little carried away and wrote an article.Drew R. Smith 08:20, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Nobody asked me, but if you want my opinion it is that this WP trivia stuff should have a separate subpage on CZ. Russell D. Jones

Name

It seems to me that Chester W. Nimitz went by Chester W. Nimitz in his lifetime, and is certainly referred to more often as Chester W. Nimitz than as Chester Nimitz. I would favor a cluster move to Chester W. Nimitz. Russell D. Jones 00:09, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Google has 2.6 million hits for "Chester W. Nimitz" and only 95,000 for "Chester Nimitz", so I would certainly support a Move. Hayford Peirce 00:16, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

And JSTOR has about 211 hits for CWN versus about 100 for CN. Russell D. Jones 00:23, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Plan Orange

This article in the section on "Early Career" notes that Nimitz was responsible for "a basic Pacific Fleet war plan that formed the basis for operations in WWII." Is this article claiming that he was the author of Plan Orange? Can someone verify or falsify this claim? thanks. Russell D. Jones 00:23, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Probably overstated, but he was an assistant to Horne, the primary author. [1] --Howard C. Berkowitz 00:46, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Personnel changes

I'm moving this paragraph here because it makes no sense to me. Fletcher was in command through out the war. He was the commander for the landings at Guadalcanal and he led forces in the battle of the eastern Solomons too. It appears that only after the damage to the Saratoga, was Fletcher not reassigned to a major theater of operations. Furthermore the reference cited says very clearly that "no reason has been assigned" to Fletcher's relief of command following Savo and apparently this was only temporary. This paragraph need to be explained. Russell D. Jones 00:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher had turned back from the attempted reinforcement of Wake Island; while he started as senior officer at the Battle of Midway, when his flagship was disabled, he turned tactical command to RADM Raymond Spruance. After the Battle of Savo Island, Nimitz relieved Fletcher. <ref>George Carroll Dyer (1969), Chapter X: Savo--The Galling Defeat, The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, U.S. Navy</ref>