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Uss cvn68 nimitz 1975 portaaviones, portaviones, barcos. Navy to perform refueling and overhaul work on the uss nimitz cvn 68. Navy officer to hold the rank, preceding william halsey jr. Nimitz, a capsule biography, and rare color photographs of the great man himself. Eisenhower cvn69 known informally as ike is a nuclearpowered aircraft carrier currently in service with the united states navy. Dec 22, 2015 the aircraft carrier uss nimitz cvn 68 will remain stationed at a maintenance facility in bremerton, wash. Uss nimitz cvn 68 uss nimitz is the first ship in the nimitz class of nuclearpowered aircraft carriers and the first ship in the navy named after fleet admiral chester w. Maintained by robert sherman originally created by john pike updated saturday, march 06, 1999 11.
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