His commands included the gunboat Panay which later became famous for being attached by the Japanese.  
His commands included the gunboat Panay which later became famous for being attached by the Japanese.  He spent time in submarines and commanded the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet during the mid-1930s.  He commanded the Bureau of Navigation from 1939 to 1941.  Among his accomplishments in his most famous post was the promotion of Ray Spruance to commander of Fifth Fleet, and managing the two roads to Tokyo strategy with Douglas MacArthur.  For ten points, name this admiral, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II.
His commands included the gunboat Panay which later became famous for being attached by the Japanese.  
Chester William {Nimitz}