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An F-18 fighter jet pulls up to fly over the USS Gerald R. Ford while the aircraft carrier and its strike group train March 21, 2025, approximately 100 miles off the East Coast.

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

This will likely be the last deployment for the USS Nimitz — the oldest active U.S. aircraft carrier — before its planned decommissioning in 2026 after 50 years of service.

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The Nimitz is the first of the class of 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers based on the same design. It’s named after former five-star admiral Chester Nimitz, a Navy leader in World War II.

About 2,600 core crew members are needed to operate Gerald R. Ford-class carriers. This is 25% less than Nimitz-class carriers, which need about 3,500.

While there are 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, the design changed throughout the building process, which concluded in 2006 with the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77).