For more than five decades, the USS Nimitz served as one of the most iconic aircraft carriers in American history— and for the last decade, she’s called Puget Sound her home.
The Nimitz is the Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier and the first of its kind commissioned more than 50 years ago.
When the Nimitz departed Bremerton for the final time this March, water cannons fired to mark the farewell. It signaled the end of an era, not just for the Navy, but for the thousands who served aboard her…