In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

The USS "Nimitz" is an iconic aircraft carrier, the first in a long series of ships that bear its name. It has symbolised the ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

USS Nimitz is set to undergo its decommissioning process at Newport News Shipyard, Virginia. A fter Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth dispatched a second carrier strike group to j ...

United States Navy ships from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and the Zumwalt-class destroyer USS Michael Monsoor, far right, sail in formation in the Western Pacific Ocean on April 10 ...

This will likely be the last deployment for the USS Nimitz ... The Nimitz will be in Norfolk until the spring of 2027 to offload equipment and materials that can be repurposed. The ship ...

The 49-year-old USS Nimitz (CVN-68) pulled away from the carrier ... local time with sailors manning the rails, according to ship spotters. The carrier left last week from its homeport in ...

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier ... Virginia where it will be decommissioned. The ship returned from several weeks of sea training operations in February. The Nimitz Center Strike Group departed ...

which will keep the ship in Bremerton until at least mid-2026. As the Navy's oldest aircraft carrier in active service, the 1975-commissioned USS Nimitz is scheduled to move to Norfolk ...

The Nimitz is the Navy's oldest aircraft carrier in service. The Navy plans to retire the ship in 2026. USS Theodore Roosevelt (July 2021-March 2023) July 2021 was the first time the USS Theodore ...