From Pajamas Media:On the morning of December 31, 1941, the flag of a four-star Navy admiral flew from the mast of the submarine USS Grayling in Pearl Harbor. It signaled the presence of Chester Nimitz, the former submariner who was assuming command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
The location of Nimitz’s change of command ceremony was symbolic for several reasons. Barely three weeks after the Japanese attack, most of the fleet’s capital ships were mired in the mud of Pearl Harbor, or en route to the West Coast for repairs. Admiral Nimitz later joked that the submarine was one of the few “decks” available for his ceremony.
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