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The Warzone/The Drive: Awe-Inspiring Images From Underneath A Well-Worn USS Nimitz, The Navy's Oldest Carrier
The Nimitz is approaching the end of her design life, but the Navy is looking at extending her service in order to sustain a 12 carrier fleet.
The fact that USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the Navy's oldest operational aircraft carrier really ages you. Following the early retirement of USS Enterprise (CVN-65), America's supercarrier fleet is all Nimitz class, but that will change once the atrociously expensive USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) actually enters operational service. In the meantime, Nimitz has been receiving some much needed TLC up at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington as part of a nine month long planned incremental availability maintenance period.
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WNU editor: Impressive.
1 comment:
Well worn? She has been through service life extension program how many times?
The paint is not more than say 6 years old. The insides as well except for parts of the skeleton like the keel and some other stuff.
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