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

America has inadvertently helped build the Chinese military into a fully modern force that can—and will—challenge the U.S.

Summary: The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, named after Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, have been pivotal to the U.S. Navy's power projection since the mid-1970s. -Despite plans to replace them with ...

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 ...

Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) will make one last homeport change, moving from Bremerton, Wash., to Norfolk, Va., ...

The year 2022, for those interested in US naval history, will long be remembered as the year in which not just one, but two, memorable books about Admiral Chester Nimitz and his role in World War II ...

The USS Nimitz, anticipated to deploy overseas in the coming months, will be decommissioned in 2026, according to the Navy.

At his new, Seabee-built headquarters on Guam, Chester William Nimitz sat at a shiny new desk. He wore khaki shorts, and an open-necked shirt with the five stars of a fleet admiral on the points ...

The time to say goodbye to the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier forever is getting closer — both for Washingtonians and the rest of the nation. In approximately a year the Navy's oldest active ...