The oldest active nuclear-powered supercarrier completed a 270-day-long deployment. Next year, CVN-68 will head to Naval ...

Half a century after it first set sail, the USS Nimitz arrived home at Naval Base Kitsap for the final time ahead of ...

The nine-month trip across the Pacific and back was a final voyage for the 50-year-old Nimitz, the oldest aircraft carrier in ...

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz docked at Naval Base Kitsap on Tuesday after completing a 270-day deployment that likely was ...

The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) makes her way into San Diego Bay mid-morning on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in San Diego, CA. The Nimitz, which was ported in San Diego for 11 years, is finishing a 50-year service ...

The aircraft carrier is set to return to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and be decommissioned in 2026 after 50 years of ...

Tuesday is the last time the 50-year-old USS Nimitz aircraft carrier sails back into Puget Sound from a 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 ...

Hearing the Nimitz was coming back spurred Shauna Sowersby, a former Navy photographer and reporter, to reach out to others ...

The U.S. Navy faces a potential crisis in carrier availability. Federal law mandates a minimum of 11 operational carriers, a ...

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.

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 22, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in ...