General Characteristics

Crew List

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Notes of Interest

History of USS Nimitz

Deployments of USS Nimitz

Accidents aboard USS Nimitz

About Chester W. Nimitz

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USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

USS NIMITZ is the first ship in the NIMITZ - class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and the first ship in the Navy named after Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS NIMITZ. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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USS NIMITZ Cruise Books:

• Maiden Cruise Book 1976-77

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Notes of Interest:

• NIMITZ reaches over 18 stories high from to keel to the top of the mast
• Eight steam turbine generators each produce 8,000 kilowatts of electrical power, enough to serve a small city
• NIMITZ' Food Services Department provides 18000 - 20000 meals a day
• NIMITZ can stock at least 90 days of refrigerated and dry storage goods
• NIMITZ' two barber shops trim over 1,500 heads each week
• The Post Office processes more than one million pounds of mail each year
• The ship has a fully equipped dental facility, staffed by five dentists
• The Medical Department is manned by six doctors including a surgeon, who provide everything from surgery to hydro-therapy. The ship also features an 80 - bed hospital ward.
• Four destilling units enable NIMITZ engineers to make over 400,000 gallons of fresh water a day, for use by the propulsion plants, catapults and crew.

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Accidents aboard USS NIMITZ:

Date	Where	Events
May 11, 1979	off the Virginia coast	Primary coolant water leaks from one of the two nuclear reactors aboard USS NIMITZ. A navy spokesman says there was no release of radioactivity, no danger to the core, and no danger to the ship's crew.
May 25, 1981	Atlantic Ocean	An EA-6B aircraft attempting to land at night struck a helicopter, then hit another aircraft and tow tractor before coming to rest. A fuel fire erupted. Improved flight deck fire fighting systems quickly contained the fire, and once the fire was believed to be out, the order was given to start the clean-up. As sailors approached the scene, a SPARROW missile warhead that was buried in the debris detonated. The explosion restarted the fire and three more warheads detonated before the fire could be extinguished. Fourteen sailors were killed and 45 injured. Three planes were destroyed and nine were damaged.
November 30, 1988	Arabian Sea	A 20mm cannon on an A-7 Corsair aircraft accidentally fires during maintenance setting six other aircraft ablaze aboard USS NIMITZ. One sailor is killed when a S-3 aircraft explodes, and another sailor who suffered burns to over 90% of his body later dies after being medically evacuated to Germany. NIMITZ continues operations.
April 18, 1996	Gulf of Thailand	One sailor was killed and four others injured when an arresting cable on NIMITZ' flight deck snapped and struck a group of sailors. The accident happend as an F-14A came in for landing on the deck and the arresting cable broke. The plane apparently landed safely. It is not known if the plane had to abort its effort to land and circle the ship before returning for a landing.
November 16, 2006	Naval Station North Island, San Diego, Calif.	Three sailors and a shipyard worker are suffering shocks while conducting electrical maintenance on a high-voltage shore power switchboard. They are taken to a San Diego hospital by helicopter and ambulance.

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USS NIMITZ Patch Gallery:

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