DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
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Photo #: NH 50777
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN (center)
Shakes hands with assembled officers on pierside at the Pearl
Harbor Submarine Base, following ceremonies in which he took
command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, 31 December 1941.
Senior officers are in the left and left center, conversing and
exchanging salutes.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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