Ships
Nimitz (CVN-68)
Dwight D.Eisenhower (CVN-69)
Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
George Washington (CVN-73)
John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)
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The Nimitz class aircraft carriers were the second carrier class to be nuclear powered. With eight commissioned carriers and two under construction, the Nimitz class is by far the largest class of super carriers in the world. Some include carriers CVN-71 and up as being a separate class, the Theodore Roosevelt class, they are included in the Nimitz class on this site. The Nimitz class is also the heaviest class of warships in the world, with the heaviest displacing over 100,000 tons. The Nimitz class wil continue to serve in the US Navy, the last one being decommissioned around 2060.
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