USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class.

Mar 4, 2025 · Sailors prepare to man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in San Diego on June 28, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo. Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) will make one last homeport change ...

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is the lead ship of the U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and is named in honor of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

Jan 24, 2025 · USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is set to retire in 2025 and has already begun the deactivation process, marking a major milestone as one of the service’s longest-serving active aircraft carriers.

Sep 6, 2024 · It will likely cost hundreds of millions of dollars for the scrapping of the lead vessel USS Nimitz (CVN-68), which now has a planned 2027 inactivation date – although there have been calls...

USS Nimitz (CVN-68), lead ship of the class of supercarriers, at sea near Victoria, British Columbia, after the 1999–2001 refit

CVN-68 General Specifications. Class: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Displacement: 100000 tons. Length: 1092 feet. Beam: 252 ft max.; 134 ft at waterlne. Draft: 37 ft. Power Plant: Two (2) nuclear reactors / four (4) sets of turbines / four (4) shafts. Propellers: Four (4) - Each 25 ft dia.Flank Speed: 31 knots. Range: Unlimited - Refueled at ...

USS Nimitz is a supercarrier of the U.S. Navy, and the lead ship of her class. One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched and commissioned as CVAN 68 but was later...

Nimitz, in the central Mediterranean, cooperated with aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-65), which sped to the region from off Lebanon to the waters north of Libya to be available for possible operations should the situation worsen.

BREMERTON, Wash. (Nov. 25, 2024) – The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) has returned to its homeport in Bremerton, Washington, following the successful completion of its triennial Board of...