Chester W. Nimitz - Memorials and Legacy

Memorials and Legacy

Besides the honor of a United States Great Americans series 50¢ postage stamp, the following institutions and locations have been named in honor of Nimitz:

• USS Nimitz, the first of her class of ten nuclear-powered supercarriers, which was commissioned in 1975 and remains in service
• Nimitz Foundation, established in 1970, which funds the National Museum of the Pacific War and the Admiral Nimitz Museum, Fredericksburg, Texas
• The Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880) - from Oakland to San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Nimitz Glacier in Antarctica for his service during Operation Highjump as the CNO
• Nimitz Boulevard - a major thoroughfare in the Point Loma Neighborhood of San Diego
• Camp Nimitz, a recruit camp constructed in 1955 at the Naval Training Center, San Diego
• Nimitz Highway - state route 92 in Honolulu, Hawaii near the Honolulu airport
• The Nimitz Library, the main library at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
• Callaghan Hall (the Naval and Air Force ROTC building at UC Berkeley) containing the Nimitz Library (was gutted by arson in 1985)
• The town of Nimitz in Summers County, West Virginia
• The summit on Guam where Chester Nimitz relocated his Pacific Fleet headquarters, and where the current Commander U.S. Naval Forces Marianas (ComNavMar) resides, is called Nimitz Hill
• Nimitz Park, a recreational area located at United States Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan
• The Nimitz Trail in Tilden Park in Berkeley, California
• Main Gate at Pearl Harbor is called Nimitz Gate
• Admiral Nimitz Circle - located in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
• Chester Nimitz Oriental Garden Waltz performed by Austin Lounge Lizards
• The Nimitz Building, Raytheon Company site headquarters, Portsmouth, Rhode Island