Photo #: NH 50799
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN (center)
Presenting awards on board USS Grayling (SS-209), at the
Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, following ceremonies in which he
took command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, 31 December 1941. The
former fleet commander, Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel is standing
to the right, in a white uniform with two-star insignia.
Admiral Nimitz has just presented the Navy Cross to Ensign F.M.
Fisler, USNR. Others receiving awards, standing left-to-right
in line behind Nimitz and Fisler, are: Ensign C.F. Gimber, USNR;
AMM1c L.H. Wagoner (also awarded the Navy Cross); AMM1c W.B.
Watson; R3c H.C. Cupps; R2c W.W. Warlick and AMM2c C.C. Forbes.
They were the crew of a Navy bomber.
USS Pelias (AS-14) is in the background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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