USS Nimitz (CVN-68) will not return to the Navy’s active, deployable carrier roster again not because the ship ceased to perform its functions, but because the mechanical nature of the retirement of a ...

Summary and Key Points: Aircraft carriers remain central to maritime power projection heading into 2026, with the United ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he decided to move a second aircraft carrier into the Middle East as he presses Iran to make a deal over its nuclear program. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the ...

A tour of history’s costliest warships—from amphibious assault ships to nuclear supercarriers—plus what drives the price: nuclear propulsion, stealth design, aviation systems, and advanced ...

The next Pentagon shipbuilding spend will have a major focus on buying auxiliary ships and could be more than double the hulls of Fiscal Year 2026, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said Thursday. The ...

Iran's president has instructed the foreign minister to pursue negotiations with the United States. This marks a shift amid high tensions following Iran's crackdown on protests.

The USS Nimitz, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier, returned to its homeport, Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, last month from its final deployment, a nine-month tour through the Third, ...

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 ...

BREMERTON — The rain poured and the wind howled as dozens of loved ones of sailors onboard the USS Nimitz stood on the pier under a pavilion. Their clothes drenched as the rain blew in sideways, many ...

NAVAL BASE KITSAP, Wash. — Cheers erupted through the rain as the USS Nimitz pulled into Naval Base Kitsap, marking a historic homecoming after 270 days at sea and the aircraft carrier’s final ...