When USS Nimitz was commissioned in 1975, it became the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ever constructed for the U.S. Navy, following USS Enterprise one decade prior. All ten ships in this ...

Building on the lessons of USS Enterprise, the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier before it, the Nimitz was commissioned in May 1975 and was the first of 10 such vessels in a new class of ...

USS NIMITZ, PACIFIC OCEAN — Last Friday evening ... expressed his excitement at his first day leading the Nimitz. The 1975-commissioned warship conducted a change of command ceremony on June ...

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 ...

After seven months in port, the USS Nimitz is back at sea ... having entered operations in 1975. Before its Pacific deployment, the carrier had gone through a 10-month overhaul in port.

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 USS Nimitz has been the template of American sea power for nearly a half-century. Commissioned four days after the fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam War in 1975, the 100,000-ton supercarrier ...

As the Navy's oldest aircraft carrier in active service, the 1975-commissioned USS Nimitz is scheduled to move to Norfolk, Virginia and begin its decommissioning process on the East Coast next year.

The USS Nimitz spent decades at sea, but it's not exactly the same ship it was in 1975. Each time it went in for refueling, it also underwent overhauls. The first of these occurred from 1983 to ...

Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conduct flight operations in the Sea of Japan, Mar. 8. Laid down in 1968, launched in 1972, and commissioned in 1975 ...

“Please be advised that the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) will homeport shift ... The ship, which was commissioned in 1975, was built for a lifespan of 50 years. The service extended Nimitz’s life ...