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.

The USS Nimitz will pass by Seattle for what is likely to be its final deployment before it leaves Naval Base Kitsap ahead of ...

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 USS Nimitz is set to be decommissioned next year before a proposed plan to make way for the new USS JFK in 2029, according to the U.S. Navy. The expected announcement of King County Executive ...

Nimitz, and subsequent carriers of the class ... and the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday. It is likely that by the time CVN-74 sails again, it will be named ...

The USS Nimitz, the Navy's oldest active aircraft carrier, departed Bremerton on Friday for its likely final deployment. The Nimitz is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2026. The departure leaves ...

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific on Friday. This will likely be the last deployment for the USS ...

Nimitz’ boss, Admiral Ernest King, had his doubts about Nimitz’ suitability for the task, but President Franklin Roosevelt, in one of his most inspired moves, picked Nimitz for the job even though he ...