1975 to present    

CVN-68 USS Nimitz

US US Navy





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MMSI: 303981000
Flight Deck: 68
Call Sign: NMTZ
Shipyard: Newport News Shipbuilding





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History of US USS Nimitz CVN-68

1967OrderedOrdered
1968-jun-22Laid downLaid down
1972-may-15LaunchedLaunched
1975-may-03CommissionedCommissioned
1975-aug-19DeploymentDeployment NS Norfolk departed Norfolk VA, for 1 month N Atlantic deployment, with USS South Carolina until 15 Sep.
1980-apr-24DeploymentDeployment Operation Eagles Claw Launched RH-53Ds of HM-16 from the Arabian Sea near the approaches to the Strait of Hormuz.
2001HomeportHomeport Re-located home port to San Diego
2007-sep-04DeploymentDeployment 7th Fleet Exercise Malabar 07-2 Participated in multi-national exercise in Bay of Bengal with Carrier Air Wing 11 embarked, until 9 Sep.
2013-marDeploymentDeployment NS Everett departed Everett Naval Station for 9 month West Pacific deployment to 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas. Returned to Everett NS in Dec.
2013-augDeploymentDeployment exercising in Gulf of Oman with its Battle Group and HMS Dragon.
2015RefitRefit NS Kitsap 16 month maintenance period at NS Kitsap, WA
2018-marRefitRefit NAS Seattle / Puget Sound at Puget Sound. Refloated Dec 2018



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  Specifications


Nimitz class
3200crew
92955full load (tn)
344.70length (m)
40.80beam (m)
11.30draught (m)
31max speed (knots)
280000power (shp)

4Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm
8Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC

1Aids TACAN URN-25
1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49
1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67

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