The USS Nimitz’s journey to Guam leaves America’s oldest nuclear-powered carrier alone in the Indo-Pacific, leaving a noticeable gap in a strong U.S. naval presence in this strategically important ...

Four Chinese naval vessels were spotted transiting from the East China Sea to the Philippine Sea, the Japanese military said.

The Nimitz and its escorts — the guided-missile destroyers USS Gridley and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee — pulled into Apra ...

All ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers were constructed between 1968 and 2006 at Newport News Shipbuilding Company, now Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, at Newport News, Virginia, at a unit cost of ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

This will likely be the last deployment for the USS Nimitz — the oldest active U.S. aircraft carrier — before its planned decommissioning in 2026 after 50 years of service. The strike group ...

while a Chinese aircraft carrier continued to operate off the country's coastline. The Nimitz arrived in Guam, which is America's westernmost territory in the Pacific Ocean, on Friday for a ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrived at Naval Base Guam on March 24 for a scheduled port visit. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan/U.S. Navy) The aircraft ...

On the face of it, comparing an aircraft carrier with a tugboat is like comparing a family saloon car with a locomotive. It should be a no-contest. For instance, the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class is ...

Sailors look out from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Nimitz in Puget Sound, Washington, on March 21, 2025, as they embark for San Deigo, and then onto their Indo-Pacific deployment.

With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Navy plans to move the USS Nimitz to Norfolk, VA in 2026 ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — The U.S. Navy announced that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier left Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton on Friday morning to conduct routine operations, according to Lt. Commander Tim ...