What You Need to Know: The USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the lead ship of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, symbolizes a pivotal era in U.S. Navy history. Commissioned in 1975 ...

The 10 nuclear powered Nimitz class aircraft carriers are the largest warships in the world, each designed for an approximately 50 year service life with one mid-life refueling. USS NIMITZ (CVN 68 ...

The nuclear-powered USS Nimitz arrived in the southeastern port city of Busan on Monday in the latest demonstration of military might and extended deterrence against a growing nuclear threat from ...

One of the world's largest vessels, United States Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz last weekend sailed past Cape Horn en route to its base in San Diego, California. According to a ...

USS Nimitz U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Was 'Out of Action for 7 Months' USS Nimitz returned to port in January and underwent a nearly seven-month-long maintenance period – which was longer than ...

The USS Nimitz weighs over 100,000 tonnes and is approximately 333 metres long and 41 metres wide. It is powered by two Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors with 280,000 horsepower.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert E. Schonland and LCdr Bruce McCandless aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38), in December 1942. PD. Although Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz were the two ...

The new USS Gerald R. Ford, the first new aircraft carrier design from the US Navy in four decades, boasts a slew of improved features that separate it from the previous Nimitz class carriers.

USS Nimitz completed another milestone to get ready for deployment. (US Navy) Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) completed its first post-planned incremental availability exercise while under ...

A documentary on the USS Nimitz gives a glimpse of life in a small town built on an ammunition dump and fuel depot. A documentary on the USS Nimitz gives a glimpse of life in a small town built on ...