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After decades of faithful service to the United States Navy, it is time for the USS Nimitz to return to its homeport. What is almost certainly the final deployment of the oldest active nuclear-powered ...

Like a lot of Navy lore, the details are in dispute. But Jere Cordell, of San Diego, swears the beastly carrier USS Nimitz won an impromptu drag race against slender cruisers a half-century ago off ...

The famed aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which is only days away from wrapping up 50 years of service, will stop in its former homeport of San Diego as it travels north to Bremerton, Wash., the Navy ...

The USS Nimitz arrived in Hawaii on Saturday, returning to American waters for the first time since the aircraft carrier deployed from its homeport at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., in March. As it arrived ...

The Navy has recovered the two aircraft lost off the USS Nimitz in the South China Sea on Oct. 26, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement on Dec. 8. On Dec. 5, the Navy recovered the F/A-18F Super ...

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a nuclear powered supercarrier of the U.S. Navy and the lead ship of her class. It is one of the largest warships in the world, with a total displacement of 110,250 tons.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducts a replenishment-at-sea, flight operations and an strike group integration exercise in the U.S. 7th fleet area of operations. Nimitz is ...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrives in Guam for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 17, 2025. George Washington returned to Guam for a port visit Dec. 1, 2025. US Navy photo ...

Last week, the Navy recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea in two separate late October incidents off of USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the sea service announced Tuesday. A contracted boat ...

With “The Beatles Anthology” now on Disney+, we dig into “The Compleat Beatles,” another documentary on the band that is difficult to see legally but had an impact on a generation. By Jason Bailey ...