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How the USS Nimitz became a movie star

The US Navy cooperated extensively with Hollywood filmmakers for the 1980 film The Final Countdown—to the extent that nearly ...
The aging aircraft carrier is currently deployed to Latin America, on what was to be its final voyage. The delivery of its ...
For the 30th time in half a century, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is coming home. Home over the decades has been Norfolk, Va.; San Diego; and Everett, Wash. But for the past 10 years, going home ...
On her long trip to the scrapyard, the venerable aircraft carrier will sail around South America and participate in naval exercises. The USS Nimitz, the oldest aircraft carrier in the US Navy, began ...
BREMERTON — The rain poured and the wind howled as dozens of loved ones of sailors onboard the USS Nimitz stood on the pier under a pavilion. Their clothes drenched as the rain blew in sideways, many ...
The USS Nimitz is getting close to retirement. Here are 10 memorable pieces of history from her past five decades of service. The United States Navy’s oldest active nuclear-powered supercarrier, the ...