In 1914, he built the Navy's first diesel engine, but it severed one of his fingers in a demonstration.  
In 1949, the U.N. secretariat appointed him to supervise a plebiscite to consider whether Kashmir should become part of India or Pakistan, and Truman appointed him to head a committee on Internal Security and Individual Rights, but neither committee ever functioned.  In 1914, he built the Navy's first diesel engine, but it severed one of his fingers in a demonstration.  In 1940, Kimmel was chosen ahead of him to command the Pacific Fleet, but after Pearl Harbor, he replaced Kimmel.  FTP, name this man who would serve as Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet throughout World War II.
In 1949, the U.N. secretariat appointed him to supervise a plebiscite to consider whether Kashmir should become part of India or Pakistan, and Truman appointed him to head a committee on Internal Security and Individual Rights, but neither committee ever functioned.  
Chester W. Nimitz