USS Nimitz, the U.S. Navy's oldest serving aircraft carrier which supported military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pulled into San Diego for the last time before being decommissioned.

BREMERTON, Wash. — It was getting darker, colder and wetter by the minute Tuesday afternoon when the USS Nimitz slowly peeked its bow into Sinclair Inlet, made a tug-assisted pivot into a berth, and ...

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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 ...

A decades-old aircraft carrier for the Navy, the USS Nimitz, will leave Washington's waters for the last time this month with plans to retire the vessel.

The 50 year old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to Bremerton, Washington on Dec. 16, 2025 after its final scheduled deployment. USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the oldest commissioned aircraft carrier ...

On her long trip to the scrapyard, the venerable aircraft carrier will sail around South America and participate in naval exercises.

Sailors from the USS Nimitz embrace their family after returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, on Tuesday from a nine-month deployment. (MCS2 Peter K. McHaddad/U.S. Navy) The USS Nimitz aircraft ...