The ship moved to the Indian Ocean in response to the Iran hostage crisis in which the U.S. The third deployment began on 10 September 1979 to the Mediterranean. The cruise was uneventful, and the carrier returned to Norfolk, Virginia on 7 February 1977.Ī second uneventful Mediterranean cruise was conducted from 1 December 1977 to 20 July 1978. Atlantic Fleet, for being the most efficient and foremost aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Fleet. In November 1976, Nimitz was awarded the Battle "E" from Commander, Naval Air Force U.S. USS Nimitz first deployed to the Mediterranean Sea on 7 July 1976 with Carrier Air Wing 8 embarked in company with the nuclear-powered cruisers USS South Carolina and USS California. Nimitz ( right) alongside HMS Ark Royal at Norfolk Naval Station in August 1978 USS Spruance (DDG-111) – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.USS Sampson (DDG-102) – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.USS Pinckney (DDG-91) – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.USS Howard (DDG-83) – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
Nimitz is part of Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CSG-11) with Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) embarked, with Nimitz as the flagship of the strike group and the home of the commander of Destroyer Squadron 9. Nimitz was delivered to the Navy in 1975, and was commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk on by the 38th President of the United States, Gerald R. The vessel was christened on by Catherine Nimitz Lay, the daughter of the late Admiral Nimitz, six years after his death.
in Newport News, Virginia, was awarded the $106.5 million contract (equivalent to $865.5 million today). Congress in fiscal year 1967 and Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. aircraft carrier in service, and the oldest serving aircraft carrier in the world.Ĭatherine Nimitz Lay christens Nimitz on With the inactivation of USS Enterprise in 2012 and decommissioning in 2017, Nimitz is now the oldest U.S. In January 2015, Nimitz changed home port from Everett back to Naval Base Kitsap. The home port of Nimitz was again moved to Naval Station Everett in Washington in 2012. Following her Refueling and Complex Overhaul in 2001, her home port was changed to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego County, California. Nimitz had her homeport at Naval Station Norfolk until 1987, when she was relocated to Naval Station Bremerton in Washington (now part of Naval Base Kitsap). Nimitz, USN, (1885–1966), who was the Navy's third fleet admiral. The ship was named after World War II Pacific fleet commander Chester W. One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched, and commissioned as CVAN-68, "aircraft carrier, attack, nuclear powered", but she was later redesignated as CVN-68, "aircraft carrier, multi-mission, nuclear-powered", on 30 June 1975, as part of a fleet-wide realignment that year. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class.
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