[colorado tanker]

Strangely Nimitz was a submarine guy, for most of the time between wars he commanded subs and sub flotillas.

Yes. All Nimitz had after Pearl Harbor was a few carriers and a submarine flotilla. And he intended to us them to the max.

He raised his flag on the USS Grayling, a submarine because there were no battleships available and he was, well, Nimitz.

Grayling did not make it through the War. Grayling's memorial is a few miles from my house on a lake at Sloan's Lake Park in Denver.

[oldvirginian]

“Grayling did not make it through the War. Grayling’s memorial is a few miles from my house on a lake at Sloan’s Lake Park in Denver.”

Now that is fascinating. $:)

Yeah I think Nimitz would have been aggressive if all he had been left with was his subs and a few destroyers. It wasn’t in his nature to play defense.
One of my favorite Nimitz quotes:
“A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”