The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is nearing retirement after more than half a century as one of America’s most important aircraft carriers. -Commissioned in 1975, Nimitz helped evacuate civilians from Lebanon, ...
The aircraft carrier is set to return to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and be decommissioned in 2026 after 50 years of ...
Half a century after it first set sail, the USS Nimitz arrived home at Naval Base Kitsap for the final time ahead of ...
It may be impossible to overstate just how much the introduction of the aircraft carrier changed the face of warfare. From the pivotal Battle of Midway in 1942, through the rest of World War II and in ...
Tuesday is the last time the 50-year-old USS Nimitz aircraft carrier sails back into Puget Sound from a deployment.
Like a lot of Navy lore, the details are in dispute. But Jere Cordell, of San Diego, swears the beastly carrier USS Nimitz won an impromptu drag race against slender cruisers a half-century ago off ...
Babies, parents, and one new bride-to-be welcomed the sailors of the USS Nimitz on a rainy afternoon in Bremerton.