The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western ...

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The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier passed by Seattle for what was ... which is a line halfway between Midway and Japan. Her crew includes about 3,000 sailors, and her air wing adds another 2,000 ...

The USS Nimitz departed from her home port at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for what is expected to be her final deployment.

The Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier departed San Diego Bay on Wednesday for what is expected to be its last deployment, USNI ...

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.

The Pentagon has ordered the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to leave the Indo-Pacific for the Middle East ...

With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Navy plans to move the USS Nimitz to Norfolk ...