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USS Nimitz Sets Sail For Likely Final Deployment
Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base ...
From USS Nimitz to USS Ranger: Aircraft carriers homeported in Bremerton over the decades
With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft ...
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Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carrier may come to Bremerton as early as 2029
As the USS Nimitz counts down the time to say goodbye to Bremerton, the Navy announced its proposal to homeport another aircraft carrier at Naval Base Kitsap — the Ford-class USS John F.
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Oldest aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departs for what is likely to be its final deployment
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western ...
China Is On the Cusp of Building a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier—And Taking Control of the Pacific
One of the last technical advantages U.S. aircraft carriers have over their Chinese counterparts is close to dissolving. Deep ...
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Naval Base Kitsap would swap oldest aircraft carrier for newest under Navy plan
“The Navy proposes to replace an older Nimitz-class aircraft carrier at NBK-Bremerton with the next-generation Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy,” according to a statement from U ...
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FREE TO READ: HII's outsourcing strategy takes root as carrier and submarine work begins at South Carolina facility
CHARLESTON, SC -- On a spring day in South Carolina, shipyard workers at HII's newly acquired facility here were laying the groundwork for submarine modules and putting the finishing touches on an ...
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China is working on an enormous aircraft carrier that rivals the biggest in the U.S. fleet, analysts say
China’s three current aircraft carriers have the capacity ... First deployed by the United States on the Ford-class carriers, these catapults are attached to a plane’s nose, rapidly propelling ...
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DM3D Powers First 3D-Printed Valve Manifold Assembly Installed on U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
The valve manifold assembly was installed in a pump room on Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80).
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3D Printed Valve Manifold Assembly Installed on US Aircraft Carrier
Ford-class aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80). The assembly, which is approximately 5 feet long and 1,000 pounds, reflects the shipyard’s pursuit of all opportunities to support construction ...
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From USS Nimitz to USS Ranger: Aircraft carriers homeported in Bremerton over the decades
the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Navy plans to move the USS Nimitz to Norfolk, VA in 2026 and proposes to homeport the Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy (CVN ...