Nimitz: The Navy Aircraft Carrier Built To Fight Russia
ByPeter SuciuPublished22 mins ago
USS NimitzPACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2012) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is underway during the Great Green Fleet demonstration portion of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise. Nimitz took on 200,000 gallons of biofuel in preparation for the Great Green Fleet demonstration during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran/Released)
USS Nimitz – the Aircraft Carrier designed for a Cold War Turned Hot Against Russia – The popular T-shirt slogan, “I’m not old, I’m a classic,” could be a fitting second motto for the United States Navy’s USS Nimitz (CVN-68), which currently has the distinction of being the oldest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service today. With the final decommissioning of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) on Feb. 3, 2017, Nimitz also became the oldest active aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy.
More importantly, she is the lead vessel of what has arguably proven to be the most crucial class of warships ever built.
Meet the “Old Salt”
Named after Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the United States Navy’s last “five-star” admiral, the keel of the USS Nimitz was laid on June 22, 1968. Catherine Nimitz Lay, daughter of the late World War II admiral, christened the aircraft carrier on May 3, 1975. Then-President Gerald R. Ford was the principal speaker at the commissioning ceremony.
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