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Nimitz Freeway
Nimitz may refer to: People * Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), fleet admiral of the United States Navy * Chester Nimitz Jr. (1915–2002), an American officer and submarine commander * Jack Nimitz (1930–2009), American musician Named for Fleet Admiral Nimitz * USS ''Nimitz'' (CVN-68), a U.S. Navy supercarrier ** ''Nimitz''-class aircraft carrier, a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers ** USS ''Nimitz'' UFO incident, a 2004 unexplained aerial phenomenon * Nimitz High School (Harris County, Texas), Houston, Texas * Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas) * Nimitz Elementary School, Sunnyvale, California * Nimitz Freeway, a designation of Interstate 880 in the San Francisco Bay Area * Nimitz Highway, a local name for Hawaii Route 92, a major east–west highway on the island of Oahu * Nimitz, West Virginia * Nimitz Glacier, an Antarctic glacier * Nimitz Strike Group, a deployment of the U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 11 * Admiral Nimitz Museum, a feature of the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester W
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Locality"; downloaded froCheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles, 17 May 2019 it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (a unitary authority which had a population of 329,608 in 2011) and serves as its administrative headquarters. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles extended and strengthened t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimitz Glacier
The Nimitz Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, long and wide, draining the area about west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by USN Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of December 14-December 15, 1959, and mapped by United States Geological Survey from these photos. Named by US-ACAN for Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Chester William Nimitz (; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in C ..., USN, who as Chief of Naval Operations at the time of Operation Highjump, 1947–1948, made possible that unprecedentedly large and complex Antarctic expedition. Tributary glaciers * Karasura Glacier * Branscomb Glacier * Cairns Glacier * Tulaczyk Glacier * Zapol Glacier * Donnellan Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemetz
Nemetz is a German surname of Slavic languages, Slavic origin that comes from a variation on the Slavic word ''Němec'', meaning "mute" (in this context, ethnic German non-Slavic speakers). It may refer to: *Andreas Nemetz (1799–1846), Moravian bandmaster and composer *Karoline Nemetz (born 1958), Swedish former distance runner *Kurt Nemetz (born 1926), Austrian cyclist *Lenora Nemetz, American theatre actress *Max Nemetz (1886–1971), German film and stage actor. *Nathaniel Nemetz (1913–1997), Canadian lawyer and judge See also *Nimitz (other), Nimitz *Niemiec, Polish *Németh, Hungarian *Němec, Czech {{surname German-language surnames West Slavic-language surnames Ethonymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimtz
Nimtz is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * F. Jay Nimtz (1915–1990), American politician * Günter Nimtz (born 1936), German physicist See also *Nimitz (other) {{surname Surnames of German origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niemitz (other)
Niemitz most often refers to: * Carsten Niemitz (b. 1945), a German anatomist and evolutionary biologist Niemitz may also refer to: * Niemica, Kamień County, a village in Poland formerly called ''Niemitz'' * Niemica, Sławno County, a village in Poland formerly called ''Niemitz'' *Niemica (river), a river in Poland formerly called Niemitz Bach See also *Niemytzki plane, a topological space in mathematics *Nimitz (other) Nimitz may refer to: People * Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), fleet admiral of the United States Navy * Chester Nimitz Jr. (1915–2002), an American officer and submarine commander * Jack Nimitz (1930–2009), American musician Named for Fle ... Ethnonymic surnames {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimitz Hill (other) , a census-designated place in Asan, Guam in which several U.S. military and government facilities are located
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Nimitz Hill may refer to: * Nimitz Hill (geographic feature), a hill in Asan, Guam surrounded by the Nimitz Hill Annex census-designated place * Nimitz Hill (CDP), a census-designated place in Piti, Guam located adjacent to the Nimitz Hill Annex CDP * Nimitz Hill Annex Nimitz Hill Annex is a community and census-designated place (CDP) in Asan-Maina, Guam. It contains the geographic feature of Nimitz Hill, and is located immediately northeast of the Nimitz Hill CDP in Piti. In normal conversation, the Nimitz Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimitz High School (other)
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Nimitz High School can refer to: *Nimitz High School (Harris County, Texas) *Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas) Chester W. Nimitz High School is a public high school in the Irving Independent School District, Irving, Texas. It was named for U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Nimitz High School is one of five public high schools in the Irving Independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honor Harrington
The Honorverse is a military science fiction book series, its two Spin-off (media), subseries, two prequel series, and anthologies created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. They are centered on the space navy career of the principal protagonist Honor Harrington. The books have made The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Plot The series follows Honor Harrington, military heroine and later, influential politician, during a time of extreme interstellar change and tension. Most of the more than 20 novels and anthology collections cover events between 4000 and 4022 AD with "PD" (Post-Diaspora) dating beginning with a dispersal to the stars from our sun ("Sol") in 2103 AD. The main series novels are set primarily in a timeline beginning 40 years after Harrington's birth on October 1, 3962 AD (1859 PD), and some short stories flesh out her earlier career. Additional novels and shorter fiction take place up to 350 years earlier, and stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimitz Class (novel)
''Nimitz Class'' is a naval thriller published in 1997 by Patrick Robinson. It is the first book in the series which features admiral Arnold Morgan and Ben Adnam. It is stylistically similar to Tom Clancy, particularly ''The Hunt for Red October''. Plot summary In May 2002, a nuclear torpedo attack occurs on the USS ''Thomas Jefferson'', destroying it. A search commences for the attacking submarine, a Cold War-era . The hunt for the Kilo results in the sinking of the Ayatollah of Iran's submarines by a Navy SEAL raid, an underwater transit through the Bosporus, and an underwater battle near the Falklands. Commander Ben Adnam is a slick commander who eludes capture. He skillfully evades Bill Baldrige and the U.S. Navy. See also *State-sponsored terrorism State-sponsored terrorism is terrorist violence carried out with the active support of national governments provided to violent non-state actors. States can sponsor terrorist groups in several ways, including but not limite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiral Nimitz Museum
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral. Etymology The word in Middle English comes from Anglo-French , "commander", from Medieval Latin , . These evolved from the Arabic () – (), “king, prince, chief, leader, nobleman, lord, a governor, commander, or person who rules over a number of people,” and (), the Arabic article answering to “the.” In Arabic, admiral is also represented as (), where () means the sea. The 1818 edition of Samuel Johnson's ''A Dictionary of the English Language'', edited and revised by the Rev. Henry John Todd, states that the term “has been traced to the Arab. emir or amir, lord or commander, and the Gr. , the sea, q. d. ''prince of the sea''. The word is written both with and without the d, in other languages, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimitz Strike Group
Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11 or CARSTRKGRU 11) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore. The aircraft carrier is the strike group's current flagship. Other units currently assigned to the group include the cruisers and , and Destroyer Squadron 9. Between 2006 and 2013, the group made four deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet operating in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea, as well as a surge deployment with the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the western Pacific Ocean. The group participated in bilateral exercises Malabar 2005 and Malabar 2005, Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2008, as well as joint exercise Valiant Shield 2007. Historical background On 1 September 1961, Rear Admiral Joseph C. Wylie became Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 9, aboard . Admiral Wylie had arrived on board the ''Oklahoma City'' as Commander Cruiser Division 3 on 22 August 1961, and merely changed titles in September wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimitz, West Virginia
Nimitz is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 3 to the west of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County. Its elevation is 2,523 feet (769 m). It has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... with the ZIP code 25978. References Unincorporated communities in Summers County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{SummersCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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