Template:Ship box USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

Near Victoria, BC

[edit] USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

• Builders:  United States (Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia)
• Laid down: June 22, 1968
• Launched: May 13, 1972 (List)
• Operator:  United States Navy
• Commissioned: May 3, 1975 (List)
• Status: In active service, based at Naval Station San Diego in San Diego, California
• Modifications: Service Life Extension Program
• Operations: Operation Evening Light, Gulf of Sidra, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Victories: 2 Libyan aircraft in 1981