USS Nimitz returned to port in January and underwent a nearly seven-month-long maintenance period – which was longer than initially extended, but necessitated by the U.S. Navy's decision to ...

The 48-year-old USS Nimitz (CVN-68) was commissioned in 1975 and built for a 50-year service life. The Nimitz is one of the largest warships in the world, with a length of 1,092 feet, a beam of ...

The ten nuclear-powered carriers of the Nimitz class are the second-biggest warships in the world—only smaller than the Ford-class. Nimitz-class vessels are over 1,000 feet long and have a beam ...

Sailors look out from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Nimitz in Puget Sound, Washington, on March 21, 2025, as they embark for San Deigo, and then onto their Indo-Pacific deployment.

A fighter jet landed on the USS Nimitz for the 350,000th time — a historic milestone. The aircraft carrier became the first in active service to hit that mark after 48 years in the Navy.

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific on Friday. This will likely be the last deployment for the USS ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

BREMERTON — Three USS Nimitz sailors involved in an altercation that led to a sailor being stabbed in the barracks at Naval Base Kitsap on Jan. 27 have been charged in a military court.

Latest satellite imagery shows that the United States aircraft carrier USS Nimitz continues to operate in the South China Sea, where China's sovereignty claims cover most of the waters.