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USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Completes Its Likely Final Deployment
The USS Nimitz completed over 8,500 sorties and 17,000 flight hours during a 270-day deployment supporting U.S. military objectives before its planned 2026 decommissioning.
- On Tuesday, the USS Nimitz docked at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton for its scheduled final visit as thousands of Navy families cheered on the pier.
- Deployed in March, the USS Nimitz operated with the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleets, spending three months in Indo‑Pacific Command and almost four months in U.S. Central Command.
- Operationally, the ship completed 50 replenishments and sailed over 82,000 nautical miles while sailors flew more than 8,500 sorties and logged 17,000 flight hours with Carrier Air Wing 17 pilots making more than 3,200 night landings.
- On the pier, surprise proposals and long reunions underscored the return's personal impact as thousands of Navy families greeted sailors with embraces, tears and celebrations, and Kimberly Seavey said `This is a very special one for us-- an emotional one for us,' Seavey told KING-TV.
- As the world's oldest active carrier, the Nimitz, launched in 1975 and named for Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, will sail to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, in 2026 for decommissioning.
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Carrier USS Nimitz Returns to Bremerton, Wraps Final Deployment
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) returned for what may be the last time to Bremerton, Wash., concluding its final deployment after nearly nine months at sea. Nimitz, the oldest carrier in the Navy’s fleet — commissioned in 1975 — returned Tuesday to Bremerton after a stop in San Diego, Calif. The carrier departed Dec. 7 from San Diego, having disembarked elements of the strike group and Carrier Air Wing 17. The carrier’s last deployment did not come without …
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