The U.S. Navy expeditionary sea base Hershel “Woody” Williams sits in dry dock at the Palumbo Malta Shipyard on May 24, 2023. (Christina Johnson/U.S. Navy) ...

The Navy won’t say which theater of operations that the Nimitz will serve its final mission. For now, the nuclear-powered carrier is at its homeport on Puget Sound where it returned Feb. 19.