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Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Headquarters (World War II)

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Built
  
1942

Designated NHL
  
May 28, 1987

Added to NRHP
  
28 May 1987

NRHP Reference #
  
87001295

Opened
  
1942

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Location
  
Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Similar
  
Opana Radar Site, Palm Circle Historic District, Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu Zoo, Waikiki Aquarium

CINCPAC Fleet Headquarters, also known as Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Headquarters, was the headquarters of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from 1942 through 1945, while he was Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Commanding land, sea, and air forces, Admiral Nimitz had major responsibility for campaigns such as the Battle of Midway, the liberation of Guam, and the seizure of Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas.

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