Nimitz-Class Archives

Pacific Ocean (November 3, 2003) -- During Tiger Cruise aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing Eleven personnel participate in a flag unfurling rehearsal with the help of fellow tigers on the flight deck. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are in route to Nimitz homeport of San Diego, California after an eight-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth Thompson

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$6 Billion ‘Nuclear’ Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ by $100 Million Diesel AIP Submarine

Key Points and Summary – In a 2005 war game, a $100 million Swedish Gotland-class submarine repeatedly “sank” the $6 billion USS Ronald Reagan...

Harry KazianisOctober 20, 2025

171030-N-EA818-367 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 30, 2017) The aircxraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Atlantic Ocean. Harry S. Truman has successfully completed tailored shipboard test availability and final evaluation problem and is underway preparing for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tommy Gooley/Released)

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Why Is a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Still Damaged 8 Months After a Collision?

Key Points and Summary – The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman continues to operate with visible hull damage eight months after a February...

Christian OrrOctober 19, 2025

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Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Won’t Be Repaired Anytime Soon

Key Points and Summary – Eight months after a collision with a cargo ship in February 2025, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman...

Jack BuckbyOctober 16, 2025

(Aug. 1, 2016) – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) receives stores while conducting a vertical replenishment at sea, during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder)

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Problem: U.S. Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers Face 6 Year Long Refits

Key Points and Summary – The Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) is a massive, multi-year mid-life refit for U.S. nuclear aircraft carriers, designed to...

Kris OsbornOctober 13, 2025

ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 14, 2018) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Arabian sea with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, Essex ARG, and 13th MEU are conducting integrated operations in the Arabian Sea to ensure stability in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler Diffie)

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‘Out Action’ for 5 Years: Nimitz-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS John C. Stennis Is Stuck at Port

Key Points and Summary – The midlife overhaul of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis is facing a 14-month delay, pushing its...

Isaac SeitzOctober 13, 2025

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts rudder turns during sea trials. Dwight D. Eisenhower completed a nine-month planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Ship Yard on June 10 and is scheduled to resume underway operations this summer.

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Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier: The 97,000-Ton Warship That Can Travel 35 Miles Per Hour

Key Points and Summary – The flank (maximum) speed of a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is officially over 30 knots (35 mph), with...

Steve BalestrieriOctober 11, 2025

The U.S. Navy Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 2020, marking the first time a Gerald R. Ford–class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway.

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12 Years? Why It Takes So Long to Build and Deploy A New U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

Key Points and Summary – Aircraft carrier USS Ford proved first-in-class is hard: novel tech and evolving designs drove delays and costs. -CVN-79 USS...

Kris OsbornOctober 8, 2025

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How a ‘Cheap and Tiny’ Submarine ‘Sank’ a $4,500,000,000 Nuclear Navy Aircraft Carrier

Key Points and Summary – In 2015, the French Navy’s compact Rubis-class SSN Saphir reportedly penetrated USS Theodore Roosevelt’s (an aircraft carrier built for...

Harry KazianisOctober 7, 2025

(April 8, 2017) The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) underway on its own power for the first time. The first-of-class ship -- the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years -- will spend several days conducting builder's sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship's key systems and technologies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/Released)

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The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier: The U.S. Navy’s Problem Child

Key Points and Summary – The Ford-class aimed to transform carrier aviation with EMALS, AAG, automated elevators, and a powerful electrical architecture to boost...

Jack BuckbyOctober 6, 2025

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$6 Billion ‘Nuclear’ Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ by $100 Million Diesel AIP Submarine

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Why Is a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Still Damaged 8 Months After a Collision?

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Won’t Be Repaired Anytime Soon

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Problem: U.S. Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers Face 6 Year Long Refits

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘Out Action’ for 5 Years: Nimitz-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS John C. Stennis Is Stuck at Port

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier: The 97,000-Ton Warship That Can Travel 35 Miles Per Hour

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12 Years? Why It Takes So Long to Build and Deploy A New U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

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How a ‘Cheap and Tiny’ Submarine ‘Sank’ a $4,500,000,000 Nuclear Navy Aircraft Carrier

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The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier: The U.S. Navy’s Problem Child

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