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The US Navy Planned to Deliver the Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy in July 2025. She Is Now Due in March 2027. The 20-Month Slip Came Down to Arresting Gear Certification and the Weapons Elevators — the Same 2 Systems That Held Up USS Gerald R. Ford.

Ford was built with thinner deck and bulkhead plates to save weight, and the steel turned out to be harder to work with —...

Caleb LarsonSeptember 28, 2026

Brazilian Navy Niterói-class frigate Defensora (F 41), and U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), steam in formation alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, during a bilateral maritime engagement in the Atlantic Ocean, May 13, 2026. Nimitz is deployed as part of Southern Seas 2026, which seeks to enhance capability, improve interoperability, and strengthen maritime partnerships with countries throughout the region through joint, multinational, and interagency exchanges and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gina Gallia)

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USS Nimitz Was Supposed to Retire in May After 51 Years. Its Replacement, USS John F. Kennedy, Is Late, So It Serves Until March 2027.

USS Nimitz was commissioned in May 1975 after seven years and almost $2 billion, and her design shaped nine more carriers through 2009. She...

Shay BottomleySeptember 24, 2026

INDIAN OCEAN (July 20, 2020) The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, consisting of flagship USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104), and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), along with Indian Navy ships Rana, Sahyardi, Shivalik and Kamorta, steam in formation during a cooperative deployment in the Indian Ocean July 20. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jose Madrigal)

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Is Now the Ultimate 100,000-ton ‘Insurance Policy’

Keeping the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier afloat — because its replacement is behind schedule — is essentially an insurance policy against crises around the...

Caleb LarsonAugust 19, 2026

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The US Navy Planned to Deliver the Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy in July 2025. She Is Now Due in March 2027. The 20-Month Slip Came Down to Arresting Gear Certification and the Weapons Elevators — the Same 2 Systems That Held Up USS Gerald R. Ford.

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USS Nimitz Was Supposed to Retire in May After 51 Years. Its Replacement, USS John F. Kennedy, Is Late, So It Serves Until March 2027.

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Is Now the Ultimate 100,000-ton ‘Insurance Policy’

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