The USS Nimitz Was Supposed to Be Decommissioned This Month — Instead the U.S. Navy Just Parked the Oldest Aircraft Carrier Off Cuba’s Coast

Photo: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) steams during a bilateral maritime engagement with the Chilean Navy in the Pacific Ocean […] Photo credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Octavio Borrego via DVIDS. Public Domain. Article by Caleb Larson. 19FortyFive – May 28, 2026.

Summary and Key Points: The USS Nimitz — laid down in 1968 and originally scheduled to begin decommissioning at Norfolk this month — has instead arrived in the Caribbean as part of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Cuba. The Navy extended the Nimitz’s service life by roughly ten months because the new Ford-class carriers are delayed; the USS John F. Kennedy is two years behind schedule due to problems with the Advanced Arresting Gear and Advanced Weapons Elevators. […]

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