USS Nimitz, the U.S. Navy's oldest serving aircraft carrier which supported military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, ...

USS Nimitz, a 50+ year-old aircraft carrier for the Navy, will be leaving Washington waters for the last time as the Navy plans to retire the vessel.

The USS Nimitz is retiring this year, at the venerable age of 51. Here are 10 memorable pieces of history from her past five decades of service.

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

CVN-68 began a homeport shift to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., as part of a long-planned process for the carrier’s ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for the last time ...

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier left Sinclair Inlet for the last time early the morning of March 7, slated for ...

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 ...

Two of the clearest demonstrations of biblical war strategy in modern history were carried out by men who probably never saw ...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert E. Schonland and LCdr Bruce McCandless aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38), in December 1942. PD. Although Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz were the two men ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton for the last time in its 51-year service history March 7, as part of a scheduled homeport shift to Naval ...