切斯特·威廉·尼米兹,1885年2月2日出生于美国得克萨斯州的一个日尔曼移民家庭。1905年,尼米兹以优异成绩毕业于美国海军军官学校。在其海军生涯初期,尼米兹担任过驱逐舰和潜艇指挥官。在指挥潜艇的实践中,他提出了用柴油发动机代替汽油发 Chester William Nimitz, born February 2, 1885 in a Texas German immigrant family. In 1905, Nimitz graduated with honors from the United States Naval Academy. At the beginning of his naval career, Nimitz served as a destroyer and submarine commander. In command of the submarine practice, he proposed the use of diesel engines instead of gasoline hair