USS Nimitz (CVN-68) will not return to the Navy’s active, deployable carrier roster again not because the ship ceased to perform its functions, but because the mechanical nature of the retirement of a ...

U.S. Sailors man the rails aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) as it transits Puget Sound while returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, Dec. 16, 2025. However, the arrival of ...

For the 30th time in half a century, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is coming home. Home over the decades has been Norfolk, Va.; San Diego; and Everett, Wash. But for the past 10 years, going home ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — It was getting darker, colder and wetter by the minute Tuesday afternoon when the USS Nimitz slowly peeked its bow into Sinclair Inlet, made a tug-assisted pivot into a berth, and ...

Approximately 3,000 Nimitz crew members are coming home after a nine-month global deployment. The ship will be performing maintenance at Naval Base Kitsap before a homeport shift to Naval Station ...

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) as it left San Diego, Calif., Dec. 7, 2025, to head to Bremerton, Wash. USNI courtesy photo USS Nimitz (CVN-68) returned for what may be the last time to Bremerton, Wash., ...

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