USS Nimitz
USS Nimitz is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, commissioned in 1975 and named after World War II Admiral Chester Nimitz.
As the lead ship of her class, Nimitz became the namesake for ten supercarriers that form the backbone of American naval aviation power.
The name appears in discussions of military deployments and naval history: The USS Nimitz was deployed to the Pacific.
- aircraft carrierWarship with flight deck
- navyMaritime military force
- carrier strike groupWarship formation centered on flattop
- supercarrierLargest class of warship
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
flattop · fighter jets · nuclear · United States Navy · warship · ship of the line · flight deck · USS Enterprise · catapult · sailors · deployment · Persian Gulf · Top Gun · naval aviation · fleet · F-18 · battlegroup · hangar
USS Nimitzhospital ship
Watercraft providing medical care
cruise ship · cargo ship · oil tanker · fishing trawler · research vessel