The 50 year old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to Bremerton, Washington on Dec. 16, 2025 after its final scheduled deployment. USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the oldest commissioned aircraft carrier in the world,

The Trump-class vessels will be the largest surface combatants in the world — and the most heavily armed warships built by the US since World War II, according to publicly released specs and an analysis of the images released by the White House Monday.

The oldest active nuclear-powered supercarrier completed a 270-day-long deployment. Next year, CVN-68 will head to Naval Station Norfolk to be decommissioned and recycled

Half a century after it first set sail, the USS Nimitz arrived home at Naval Base Kitsap for the final time ahead of scheduled decommissioning next year.

The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) makes her way into San Diego Bay mid-morning on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in San Diego, CA. The Nimitz, which was ported in San Diego for 11 years, is finishing a 50-year service life and will be decommissioned next year. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The crew of the battleship now anchored in Wilmington spent Christmas 1943 in the South Pacific, where they enjoyed a surprise from home

The guided missile destroyer returned to Naval Station Norfolk after a four-month deployment in the Caribbean Sea.

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,

On July 2, 2012, the USS Mohawk was towed from Fort Myers some 30 miles off of Sanibel Island before being scuttled in 90 feet of water.

Logan Rooney recalls his experience riding the USS Cobia WWII submarine home to Manitowoc from its drydocking in Sturgeon Bay.