Měiguó Hǎijūn de Nímǐzī jí hángkōng mǔjiàn yǐ tā mìngmíng.
The US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carriers are named after him.
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Took command of the US Pacific Fleet ten days after Pearl Harbor and directed the victories at Midway, Guadalcanal, and the island-hopping campaign. Signed the Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri in 1945 on behalf of the United States.
culture
His name lives on in the lead ship of the Nimitz-class supercarriers (尼米兹级航母), which dominated US force projection from 1975 onward and frequently appears in Chinese military news.
