Latest "USS Nimitz" stories

The U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departs a naval base in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, April 2, 2023.

US, South Korea, Japan hold anti-North Korea submarine drill

The two-day drills that started Monday come after North Korea unveiled battlefield nuclear warheads.

8 months ago

A South Korean army soldier watches the North Korea side from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, March 24, 2023.

North Korea launches more missiles amid US-South Korea drills

The launches may have been timed for the arrival of the aircraft carrier Nimitz and its strike group.

9 months ago

USS Nimitz holds drills in South China Sea

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been conducting exercises in the South China Sea, the Navy said.

10 months ago

Nimitz sailor recounts 341 days at sea during pandemic

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group had the longest deployment since the Vietnam War.

By James Burky, The Daily Sentinel via the AP

3 years ago

After historically long deployment, Nimitz is almost home

The carrier strike group is wrapping up the longest deployment since the Vietnam War

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

3 years ago

Austin visits aircraft carrier Nimitz; weighs warship needs in Pacific, Mideast

Standing in the ship’s hangar bay, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he will make a decision soon on whether to send a carrier back to the Middle East, where the Nimitz had been.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

3 years ago