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Navy May Decide To Extend Oldest Nimitz-Class Carriers In Next Budget

Thursday, April 21st, 2022

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Navy May Decide To Extend Oldest Nimitz-Class Carriers In Next Budget

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) transits the Arabian Sea on August 17, 2020 while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy might decide to keep some Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in the fleet longer than previously planned, two service officials said Wednesday. “We actually are doing a study right now on what life is left in the Nimitz-class carriers and if we can get it extended enough to do another deployment on [the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) or Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)], the first couple of the Nimitz-class,” Jay Stefany, Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research,…

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