Summary and Key Points: The USS Nimitz, the oldest aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy, is set to be decommissioned in Fiscal Year 2026 after nearly 50 years of service. Launched in 1975 ...

The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

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 ...

Those include USS Nimitz's next global deployment, the beginning of USS Ronald Reagan's maintenance work in at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, a possible submarine arrival in Bremerton and a chance ...