Approximately 3,000 Nimitz crew members are coming home after a nine-month global deployment. The ship will be performing maintenance at Naval Base Kitsap before a homeport shift to Naval Station ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — It was getting darker, colder and wetter by the minute Tuesday afternoon when the USS Nimitz slowly peeked its bow into Sinclair Inlet, made a tug-assisted pivot into a berth, and ...

NAVAL BASE KITSAP -- Rain pounded down from afternoon into the evening, but the moody weather did little to dampen the smiles and tears of children, partners, parents, and friends of sailors on the ...

The U.S. Pacific Fleet has confirmed the safe rescue of all personnel after an MH-60R Sea Hawk and an F/A-18F Super Hornet from USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea just 30 minutes apart.

An F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Pacific, USNI News ...

The 50 year old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to Bremerton, Washington on Dec. 16, 2025 after its final scheduled ...

On March 21, 2025, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departed Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton off the coast of Washington state for its 22nd and final deployment. Throughout the year, it made its way to ...

BREMERTON — The USS Nimitz is back home. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier sailed through Puget Sound from Naval Magazine Indian Island to Naval Base Kitsap on Tuesday, Dec. 16, arriving just after 2 ...