The USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the lead ship of its class and a symbol of US naval power for 50 years, is currently conducting its ...

Update: The USS Nimitz departed Bremerton for its next deployment on Friday, March 21. The Nimitz's home port is still in Bremerton until the Navy moves it to Norfolk in 2026. This story was ...

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.

BREMERTON — The Bremerton-based aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returned to Bremerton Sunday afternoon six weeks after it went underway for routine operations in the Pacific Ocean.

A fighter jet landed on the USS Nimitz for the 350,000th time — a historic milestone. The aircraft carrier became the first in active service to hit that mark after 48 years in the Navy.

The time to say goodbye to the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier forever is getting closer — both for Washingtonians and the rest of the nation. In approximately a year the Navy's oldest active ...

The Navy has begun the process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975. Huntington Ingalls Inc. has received an $18.4 million contract from U.S ...

The U.S. Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, arrived in Guam on Friday, possibly marking its final visit to the island as the ship continues what is expected to be its last Pacific ...