The oldest active nuclear-powered supercarrier completed a 270-day-long deployment. Next year, CVN-68 will head to Naval ...
U.S. supercarriers remain unmatched power projectors, yet maintenance cycles often sideline them. -The Navy’s “rule of thirds ...
Half a century after it first set sail, the USS Nimitz arrived home at Naval Base Kitsap for the final time ahead of ...
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz docked at Naval Base Kitsap on Tuesday after completing a 270-day deployment that likely was ...
The flattop, which operated from North Island for 11 years, is heading for Bremerton at the end of its final deployment.
The lead vessel of a new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers developed to supplement the U.S. Navy's conventionally-powered Kitty Hawk -class, USS Nimitz, was commissioned into service by ...
The aircraft carrier is set to return to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and be decommissioned in 2026 after 50 years of ...
Hearing the Nimitz was coming back spurred Shauna Sowersby, a former Navy photographer and reporter, to reach out to others ...
After nearly half a century of service, the Navy is looking into how to scrap the Nimitz, only the second nuclear-powered ship to face the scrapyard.
The Ford-class aircraft carrier’s AAG system is far better than the old steam-based hydraulic catapults—but the Navy has struggled with technical issues in its implementation.