Surviving Australian veterans of the Battle of the Coral Sea will be flown to New York next month to commemorate the battle’s 75th anniversary. Staff Officer Heritage Research at the Sea Power Centre Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods said Australian ...

The United States Navy welcomed the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) aircraft carrier as the lead ship in its class on May 3, 1975. Like all Navy vessels, the carrier was named after a significant person and the Nimitz was given its name in honor of Fleet Admiral ...

Thousands of commuters cross the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge every day, but few realize that beneath its eastern span lies a piece of military history: the last residence of Admiral Chester Nimitz, architect of America's victory in the Pacific during ...

The Navy has begun the process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975. Huntington Ingalls Inc. has received an $18.4 million contract from U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command to handle preliminary planning to ...

The age of galley warfare -- The rise of English sea power -- The Seven Years' War -- The War of the American Revolution, I -- The War of the American Revolution, II -- The War of the French Revolution -- Nelson and Bonaparte -- The campaign of Trafalgar ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — The Bremerton-based aircraft carrier USS Nimitz its strike group are being redirected to the Middle East from their current deployment in the Western Pacific, according to two U.S. officials. The carrier was initially scheduled to make ...