Approximately 3,000 Nimitz crew members are coming home after a nine-month global deployment. The ship will be performing maintenance at Naval Base Kitsap before a homeport shift to Naval Station ...
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Where Are America’s Aircraft Carriers Now?
Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given ...
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USS Nimitz decommissioning in sight as HII awarded contract modification
The 50 year old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to Bremerton, Washington on Dec. 16, 2025 after its final scheduled ...
U.S. Sailors man the rails aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) as it transits Puget Sound while returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, Dec. 16, 2025. However, the arrival of ...
The history-making USS Nimitz is scheduled to be retired in May 2026. Officially launched in 1972, it was innovative at the time as an aircraft carrier that utilized nuclear power. The next carrier ...
The USS Nimitz arrived in Hawaii on Saturday, returning to American waters for the first time since the aircraft carrier deployed from its homeport at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., in March. As it arrived ...
For the 30th time in half a century, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is coming home. Home over the decades has been Norfolk, Va.; San Diego; and Everett, Wash. But for the past 10 years, going home ...
The USS Nimitz’ decommissioning is a technically impressive, and equally somber, process. The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a giant of the high seas and a legend of modern naval military history. The mighty ...
BREMERTON — The USS Nimitz is back home. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier sailed through Puget Sound from Naval Magazine Indian Island to Naval Base Kitsap on Tuesday, Dec. 16, arriving just after 2 ...
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