The next generation of aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN 78) was ordered in 2008 and is slated to be delivered in 2016 as the force structure replacement for USS ENTERPRISE (EX-CVN ...

During a 1999 NATO exercise, the Dutch Walrus-class diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus achieved a remarkable feat by successfully penetrating the anti-submarine defenses of a US Navy carrier ...

Ford-Class vs. Nimitz-Class: Aircraft Carriers from Different Generations Since the invention of the aircraft carrier in the early twentieth century, the general design of the hallmark vessel has ...

Key Points – The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers served as the cornerstone of US naval power projection for four decades, representing a “quantum leap” in carrier technology when introduced.

All but one of those carriers belongs to the Nimitz-class, a design which until 2017 was the largest vessel ever built, with hulking displacement exceeding 113,000 tons loaded and a ship’s ...

All Nimitz-class carriers were built between 1968 and 2006 at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. The Nimitz was the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to join the Navy, following the USS ...

While there are 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, the design changed throughout the building process, which concluded in 2006 with the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77).

The aircraft carrier Nimitz left Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, on Wednesday and has returned to sea after months of maintenance. Nimitz began a “planned incremental availability ...

With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Navy plans to move the USS Nimitz to Norfolk, VA in 2026 ...

The Nimitz is the first of the Navy’s Nimitz-class carriers and entered service in 1975, making its first arrested landing that same year. It is now the oldest active aircraft carrier anywhere ...

Naval Base Kitsap would swap the Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, for its newest, the USS John F. Kennedy, under a plan released Friday.