Why US Navy Retire the $9.7 Billion USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy (USN), and the lead ship of her class. She is one of the largest warships and the oldest serving aircraft carrier in the world. She was laid down, launched, and commissioned as CVAN-68 "aircraft carrier, attack, nuclear powered", but she was later redesignated as CVN-68 "aircraft carrier, multi-mission, nuclear-powered" on 30 June 1975, as part of a fleet-wide realignment that year.
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00:00 Histroy USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier
00:36 The ship was named USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier
01:17 USS Nimitz will soon be retired from active USN service
05:00 USS Nimitz Armament
06:11 The difference between the Nimitz-class and the Ford-class
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If you have to ask you can't afford it!
Considering the US thinks it will lose 2 carriers, wouldn't it be cheaper and better to send these 2 carriers to defend Taiwan. If you lose them, you were going get rid of them anyways and the planes can fly to the 2 backup carriers that would have otherwise been sunk.
I know I am getting old. This was the first carrier I was ever on. Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!
my uncle was stationed on the Nimitz - unsure exactly what years- during the 60s- [ Mayo Jester ] was in the Navy 22 yrs
@@u.s.veteranandpatriot7511 Nimitz was commissioned in I believe 1975 so it would have been around then. Best SOS (creamed chipped beef on toast) I ever had was on Nimitz. FLY NAVY!!!
@@u.s.veteranandpatriot7511 nope
I was on the first cruise, a Med in Summer '76
VMFA-333
before that was the shakedown in Puerto Rico
I’m on that rust bucket now lol
@@andrewstephens2873 haha
before we left on the first cruise we were docked right next to the USS Forestall
We went over to get some equipment......MAN! that thing stunk
The Nimitz was brand spankin new and the flagship 😎
stay up on your tetanus shots, squidly 😉😉
I spent five years crewing the forward engine rooms on the 71 and then the 69. Incredible ships and a proud time in my career!
My son is onboard the Nimitz. His first assignment in the US Navy . Obviously very proud.
I remember when Nimitz was commissioned. It doesn't seem possible she's not too far away from 50 years of service.
Nimitz is a fine ship. I understand the Navy will replace the Nimitz with the new USS Gerald Ford. As long as we can maintain our carrier fleet with new ships being built it makes sense. I do hope the name Nimitz is not relegated to history. The Navy must maintain the name Nimitz along with the Enterprise in active duty. I'm an Army veteran. I have nothing but respect and awe for my Navy brother's and sisters.
It will be a Geral R. Ford class carrier, however, the name of the ship replacing the Nimitz will be John F. Kenndy.
The USS Gerald R Ford is replacing the USS Enterprise.
I'm sure they will eventually have another Nimitz. The name is too important to Naval history.
Why not sell them to the ally nations?
@@davidjacobs8558 A very old, nuclear powered warship, to be sold to allied nations? Lol.
No nuclear-capable ally of the US (UK & France) would want that.
Deployed on her Feb to Aug 91, great experience. Clean boat, didn’t see one bug or rat the entire 6 months
Both my ships were covered with roaches
@@john2a142 Ugh, I served on the Enterprise and never saw any roaches. I'm sure they existed in places. But not our berthing thankfully. Both ships I served on I never saw any bugs or rats. Just the occasional bird who got stuck in the hangar bay.
I worked for a Navy repair yard in Norfolk, we did work on her after sea trials. An amazing ship.
Small correction, US aircraft carriers no longer carry nuclear weapons. All nuclear weapons were removed from USN surface ships in 1991-92. The only USN vessels that continue to carry nuclear weapons are ballistic missile submarines (SSBN).
so you say. Since when do you trust.100% what the government says (example= wmd's in Iraq). After all, all it is needed is some suit from Langley ordering a thermobaric bomb loaded with spent nuclear fuel to be loaded on a F-18 flying to? Need I say more?
"Officially" they do not.
But it would only take a few hours AT MOST to change that, for most of them.
I doubt the weapon storage spaces have changed enough (if at all) to disallow storage of the things.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 the special weapons removal is required by treaty and subject to verification. Nobody in the CVW trains to that mission. It is no longer a capability of the CSG.
@@florinivan6907 ...and as I like to say, Mr. Ivan, you have a vivid imagination, and none of this is particularly relevant to whether US CVNs carry nuclear weapons. They do not.
@@brett327 It wasn't all *that* long ago - I'm certain there are still people with that training in the Navy, abet they'd probably be senior enlisted and senior officers by now - though likely not a lot of them.
Also, what "treaty" allegedly mandated the removal?
They can't upgrade the NIMITZ anymore. She's had a long service life. GOD bless her.
The Nimitz class carriers aren’t the largest ships in the world. They are the largest war ships in the world. Numerous tankers, container ships, and cruise ships are larger.
It says one of the largest. Not the largest
@@romell06 But there are literally hundreds of larger vessels afloat today.
@@mebsrea and millions more smaller vessels...
@@romell06 no, its say "still the largest ships in the world". Which is incorrect.
The last Enterprise, CVN 65, which was decommissioned around ten years ago, was actually longer and faster than the Nimitz carriers.
This would never happen but I wish a Nimitz class carrier was turned into a museum. Went on the Midway and that was amazing. Can’t imaging the stories these 50+ year old ships would have.
I served onboard Nimitz with Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) the Black Aces from 78-82. My deployments were nothing but uneventful. First cruise we left the Mediterranean for the Indian Ocean during the Irainan Hostage Crisis where the rescue Helicopters launched in the failed rescue attempt. I was also onboard for our Squadrons shoot down of the Libyan jets in August of 81.First air to air shoot downs by the F-14 Tomcats.Also onboard when Nimitz had a very bad crash on the flight deck that killed 14 shipmates in May of 81.
So you were also on board when they filmed the Final Countdown?
@@Dragonman1OOO Yes and I was filmed while riding the brakes in one of our Tomcats being sent down to the hanger deck, but that scene was cut from the movie 🎬.
@@richardgeorge3136 Nice. I always liked that movie because of the Tomcats. 🙂
I was VF41 from late 74 thru mid 78. AQ1 before getting out. Made the F4 to F14 transition. Ended my Navy Career in NAS Oceana teaching VAST related courses. First to Fight, First To Strike
@@jimhollywood2763 You were leaving when I was arriving. Fast Eagle ♠️ Fly Navy
my 19 year old ass was on the first cruise in '76 to the Med out of Pier 7 in Norfolk. (VMFA-333 with Phantoms)
65 in a couple weeks
Time flies, my friends
My Brother, Brian D was on that ship too. He was an Emergency Ejection seat Specialist. ( I think it was 1974 or 75)
@@dougd9944 would have been '76, the first time the air wing was on
If he was Marine Air I probably knew him
find out his 'Squadron' :-)
@@joeblow5037 hi Joe, Brian was Navy, he also worked with Liquid Oxygen doing something with the Air Conditioning systems. We're you guys ever exposed to Agent Orange? Or?
@@dougd9944 naw
the 'seat shop' squadron guys handled the ejection seats on the jets and also the lox (liquid oxygen)
but there was also a 'depot' level work area on the carrier where the stuff was maintained off of the planes.
I worked on the fire control radar on the Phantoms (the main fighter on the carrier).
It was dangerous everywhere (especially the flight deck) but they tried to take care of us.
Corporal Neal, btw....Joe is like my 4th alias
the Youthtube kids dont like me 😉😉
I am one of the original crew members of the U.S.S. Nimitz. As an engine man (A-Division EA-02) I worked in the emergency diesel generators rooms. A picture of one of them, aft diesel, is in this video at the 2:30 mark. Thank you for posting this. BOHICA :)
Proudly served aboard Nimitz '81-'84 with VS-24. Flight deck troubleshooter. How I'd love to walk that flight deck just one more time. I wish they'd bring her back to Norfolk.
We all get old, and this Aircraft Carrier still can come to a great asset by having Allies such as the Quad practice take-off and landings.
Sad to hear that the USS Nimitz is going to be decommission soon
I remembet when I refueled/food supplies to her being along side on the oilers I serviced on
There’s no way Nimitz is decommissioned by the end of this year. My sons air wing is assigned to Nimitz and they’re scheduled to deploy in December.
SSShhh🤫🤫🤫🤫lol
Same here🤫🤫🤫
That’s awesome sir!! You should be very proud!! My son’s a Super Hornet WSO in VFA-22.
BOHICA! Served on this massive ship when the H-53 Sea Stallions flew from her deck to rescue the 52 American hostages in Teheran, Iran. Also, got to see Martin Sheen and Kirk Douglas onboard when the filmed the movie “Final Countdown”. Our skipper was a fellow Texan, Captain Richard T. Gaskell. Fair winds and calm seas USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
Great movie! Must have seen it in a theatre probably more than eight times. The Nimitz was then five years old, and I also remember the failed Operation Eagle Claw very well. It was an exceedingly complex Operation in which far too many factors had to run perfectly well for it to succeed; nothing like Entebbe four years before. Bad luck did the rest...
Wow nice. You are 1 of, 345799 people in the comment section to serve on this carrier. What are the odds that ALL of you are in the comment section lol.
BOHICA!! LOL we used that term on Destroyers as well.
BOHICA haaaa was well used in CAG-13 . Thanks for your service , VFA-131 Wildcats ordie here 1984/1988 !
@@kellywilson8440 we had a T shirt made in the Phillipines with a picture of Popeye with our ship cruising up into Popeye as he assumed the BOHICA position. Our Master Chief was furious and if he caught you wearing one you'd get extra duty or late watch.
I remember this carrier being built at Newport News. She was tied up on the other side of the pier from my boat (Submarine - for you target sailors) That was almost 50 years ago - 1975. They retired the Enterprise a few years ago. Sorry being nostalgic gets to be expensive to maintain. We need to rebuild the fleet with new ships and Technology. You know you are getting old when you talk to a SCPO who was born after you got out of the Canoe Club....
Thank you for your service. Which boats were you on?
@@moosecat Woodrow Wilson and Sam Houston and an MT.
@@DelRBowlby 2 of the "41 for Freedom". Thanks again for your service, from a dried-up Merchant Marine.
@@moosecat My dad was a Merchant Marine in the late 40;s
@@DelRBowlby My Grandfather and one Uncle were in the Merchant Marine during World War II.
I never met that Grandfather - he died during the war, while my late Father "was still a child" (in the words of the Uncle I mentioned).
Hard to believe she is being retired. I checked onboard while she was still in Newport News. There was just a handful of us there for the reactor installs/startups. I remember when I rounded a corner and looked up at her the first time. It was like a huge building laid on it"s side! It had to be the biggest structure I'd ever seen.
I was there until shortly before sea trials when I was discharged. I still have great memories of times onboard. The thought that comes to me now is simply, "job well done beautiful lady.".
The retirement will happen in 3 more years. They were thinking of retiring the Nimitz this year but the ship got a reprieve (Nimitz won't be out of service until 2025) because of all the technical problems the USS Ford is having with the new technology on that carrier. Ford was commissioned 5 years ago but still hasn't forward-deployed because of the unreliability of various systems (EMALs, the radar systems, the elevators)!
Double-check these UA-cam military channels. They get the most basic facts wrong all the time. It's as if they post videos without double-checking them or English is their second or third language!
@@AvengerII I'm glad to hear Nimitz has until 2025, I think she's worth a little more time. peace
There should always be a USS Nimitz in the US Navys carrier compliment
That effectively isn't possible.
Carriers are named years in advance of service, they can't name one Nimitz while the previous ship is still on service. There needs to be a lag between them. The Navy also has a long list of people they seek to recognize, so reusing names too frequently can make that difficult.
Notably The Nimtz was also involved in the 2004 Tic Tac UAP incident. Her birds engaged in non-hostile maneuvers led by Cmdr. David Fravor (a real topgun) with the craft.
Admiral Nimitz was not Commander 3rd Fleet, he was Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas.
i missed that one. Halsey was commander third fleet. good catch!
@@chernobyl68 Halsey was Commander South Pacific prior to being named Commander 3rd Fleet also.
She’s 50 years old and we’re replacing them with newer better Super Carriers, several Nimitz-class Carriers will be serving well into the 2040’s-2050’s.
I served on Nimitz in the 90s. This video needs some serious editing and correction on facts.
Wow nice. You are 1 of, 345799 people in the comment section to serve on this carrier. What are the odds that ALL of you are in the comment section lol.
@@nexpro6118 4:14 nimitz class carriers haven't been the largest ships in the world for many decades. Seawise Giant built in 1979 was six times the displacement of Nimitz.
4:25 NImitz class carriers have 4 arrestor wires. Ford class has 3 I believe.
5:26 the description of the weapons magazines "100 nuclear missiles" is so incorrect its practically science fiction. The navy hasn't had nuclear missiles on surface ships since the early 90s due to the START treaty
@@chernobyl68 All correct my friend. I really liked the "100 nuclear missiles" thing.
These clowns wouldn’t know a stealth bomber from a 747
@@bob80q lol 😆 😂 🤣 you are so right
Stationed on the Nimitz from 88-90, did the West-Pac 88-89 was an awesome experience.
Commissioning crew aboard the Nimitz. I remember every hatch and door on her.
It's time to bring on the Ford class carriers. The Nimitz class has served with distinction and has been the symbol of American power for 50 years now and has known nothing but victory. Happy that we will finally have another Enterprise carrier in the fleet! With the clouds of war gathering, we can't get her into service fast enough!
at least we'll have the Ford and JFK available. Enterprise though isn't expected to be commissioned until 2028
It’s The Final Countdown for the Nimitz. Loved that 1980 movie by the way
My Uncle was a Pearl Harbor Survivor on an ammunition ship! My father was a Naval officer and a scientist! Dad helped build atomic reactors for submarines / Admiral Rickover's program! I was a US Navy Nurse Corps Scholarship candidate in college! I still remember when the USS Thresher was lost on her Sea Trials! Very sad ! GO NAVY! Best branch of the services! 🥰⚓⛵⚓🌊🌅🌊
The Nimitz has done some duty. No doubt. Sea and Air Power supremacy for near 50 years.
The Carrier that lasted the longest of all is the Blue Ghost, Lexington CV-16. 1943-1991. 11 Battle Stars and near a half million traps. Essex Class. For decades, all Navy pilots got a good number of traps on Lady Lex before adventuring the fleet. She's a museum in Corpus Christy now, it's a very cool thing to see, great tour. They still shoot movies onboard, she's been in BOTH Midway movies, Tora!x3 and several others. Chester Nimitz was on the Lex several times during the Pacific War. I was on board from 89-91, put her to pasture. She's fun to visit, with Hellcats and Avengers on deck, and my familiar T2's, A4's and EA6B's too.
Crew member 85 - 89 ordie made chief on her in 88. This was my second carrier crew member out of 5 tours aboard these bad ass ships! 28 years. Nov 1st 2022 will be 20 years out of uniform! Still miss those days!
IYAOYAS!!! From an ABH!!
I got to see her in Norfolk in the mid 70's. Totally awesome ❤️
It’s almost 50 years old and no other nations carrier can come close to it.
Actually, China just introduced a brand new aircraft carrier about the same size. With more to come.
Damn it, here’s how old I am. I went onboard the still in service USS Midway to get boiler parts for my own ship, the USS Comstock. Now the midway is a museum. Damn, time
Flys by………….
It's only been running nonstop for 50 years. Imagine the wear and tear on the moving parts.
She went through RCOH in 2001 and essentially is about 21 years old. She could run for more than 50 years if needed. After all, the old Enterprise (CVN 65) did.
I remember her seeing her tied up in Norfolk in '77 at NOB. The ship I was on at the time, the USS Raleigh Lpd-1 was usually tied up at Pier 2 or Pier 5. It was always bad when the "Bird Farms" came in and tied up. The local bars would be slap full after Liberty call, and they'd get to all the chicks first at the Silver Saddle or the Purple Onion in Ocean View.
Ah yes, the Purple Onion. Pirates Cove East. Doc's Pizzeria.
THIS SHIP DESERVES TO BECOME A MUSEUM BECAUSE IT IS SO MAGNIFICENT
Visited her in 76 when she was anchored off Gibraltar and I serving in the Royal Navy, big old ship.
My nephew just recently served on the Nimitz for four years
Nimitz set sail from San Diego on Saturday 3 December 2022 at 0800 for her 22nd deployment.
Great info on the names of the 2 remaining Ford carriers.
My son's former ship. I was lucky enough to sail on her on a Tiger Cruise. She's old and costly to maintain. During our Tiger Cruise, my son wasn't able to spend much time with us as his division (Reactor) had too much work to do: Water plant issues, and lots of mundane systems just failing often. It's time to put her to rest.
Also: It's not "one of the oldest carriers in USN service" -- it's THE OLDEST ship, period. (Not counting the USS Pueblo & USS Constitution.)
My son works on one of the reactors currently. I’m extremely proud of him.
Systems are always in need of service and repair; doesn’t matter if it’s the Nimitz or Ford. Their all costly
I served in Reactor compartment on the Enterprise and entertained family for 2 Tiger cruises. I didn't have to work thankfully. I think perhaps they scheduled it so people who had family could be off, I don't remember. We didn't have any systems failing, but we had just gotten out of a refueling and complex overhaul so everything was in pretty good shape. Relatively that is. Our reactor plant design wasn't the best, and was over 30 years old by that point. It was manpower intensive to have 8 reactors and 4 engineering plants. And 32 steam generators.
Water plant issues in a nuclear reactor are not mundane, they can lead to a meltdown. Three Mile Island had a water plant issue.
We always look forward when she gets back to Bremerton port. Signs go up welcoming them back. Kitty hawk got scraped without a send off.
I've been on this beautiful ship when I was a Bremerton. Lovely boat!!
Awesome 😎
Any decommissioning is a sad day, but especially so for venerable capital ship.
It really deserves to be a museum ship it doesn't need to go down like this
Can’t happen, removing the reactors will almost destroy the vessel
I remember the Nimitz replacing the Lincoln at Everett in 2012 when the Lincoln went to Newport News for refueling.
Last I checked the Navy's only nuclear weapons platform are the SSBNs. Aircraft Carriers no longer carry nuclear weapons.
Nimitz was CinC Pac, Third fleet commander was Bill Halsey
It makes sense this ship is held in moth balls in case of war. It's easier and faster to make it sea worthy than to build a new one.
The movie "The Final Countdown" was made with her starring Kirk Douglas
The Navy needs another USS Kitty Hawk!
As the thousands of soles that served on the this ship as well as my old ship CV67 which sold a couple months ago for a damn penny for scrap these floating pieces of iron mean lots more to us than someone’s new mower deck or car frame. It’s a shame we couldn’t keep them in some way for us to take our families on them and show them we’re we served and lived for years. I would much rather them scuttle them and become a reef for wild life than be cut to pieces only to end in thousands of land fills or rusting away in some junk yard.
They are nuclear powered, can't scuttle them and make them a reef the same way you can for diesel powered hulls.
My old ship, USS America ( CV 66) was used for target practice.
@@jimwjohnq.public at least it isn’t just a piece of scrap rusting away in some junk yard. The America proved herself as they tried to sink it but in the end had to scuttle it. She took everything they threw at it for two weeks and still remain afloat.
I was on the earnest will deployment that was a horrible COVID deployment 10 months with no ports absolutely horrible
Earnest Will was '87-'88.
The way things are going, I don't think it's a good idea to retire the Nimitz yet.
Had to smile that while discussing Ford’s power generating capacity we were treated to video of sailors first changing burners on a boiler then lighting off a boiler. Steam is King!
Whenever there was a crises worldwide, the President was reputed to say, ‘Where’s the Nimitz!’
I think it began on 7 December 1941 and it was "Where are the carriers?" That question has been asked a few times since then.
There is a plan to keep the Nimitz Class Carriers in action for up to 55 years. I'm not saying that it's going to be implemented but it is there. If it is implemented that would mean the Nimitz herself would not be decommissioned until 2030.
USS George Washington might reach almost 60 as was almost 31 once out of RCOH and is going to Japan for a few years. Doesn't have to travel as far from there.
Worked on the Nimitz in Newport News Shipyard back in the mid 70s. I hate to hear this.
Considering the high costs and long lead times of replacement carriers, it seems odd to be decommissioning fully functional machines like Nimitz. Increasing political instability around the world makes them even more important.
It's simple math. It will cost more and take almost as long as a new carrier to upgrade Nimitz class, while lacking many of the new capabilities the navy wants/needs.
There are so many typos and inaccuracies in this video lol
I know right, Old Salt/Uncle Chester is still proudly serving
Once this beautiful carrier is decommissioned, she will begin to rust quickly, and that will be ashamed. Her history is full of interesting adventures and events that most aircraft carriers don't see in their tours of duties. Hopefully, the Navy will name a new carrier with advanced technology with the name "Nimitz" on the ship. One can only hope. peace
Most of my career was on the USS Midway CV41 and the USS Ranger CV61. Both fine outstanding carriers. But alas like me we are just too old now. Doesn't mean they are still not combat capable. (with a little fixin up)
Nimitz was CINCPAC and CINCPOA in WWII. Halsey was COMTHIRDFLEET.
Actually, USN-68 NIMITZ just left NAVAL SHIPYARD Bremerton, Washington two weeks ago..
It’s back
She sitting here now in bremerton. For about a month more b4 heading back to SD for more drills
U.S.S. Nimitz, CVN-68
The Nimitz did not cost $9 Billion, that's a figure given for the newest CVN's. The early Nimitz's were more in the $2-4 Billion range. This is a Unit cost but it's not defined what a "unit" is. You have the cost of just building the ship (Nimitz only cost $108 Million in 1968), but by the time she is finished and outfitted in '72 that number is probably closer to $1B. And then there's the cost of weapons and the Air Wing.
I remember that every time a new carrier was bought the price seemed to go up another Billion.
Try 4.5 Billion
If ya can’t fly marines, fly navy Semper Fi
You stated that the flight deck was 780 feet long. However, the length of the entire flight deck is 1092 feet. Did you refer to only the angled portion?
I think he was, as the graphic seemed to highlight the angled portion.
My first 3 deployments and movie extras.
Just as a fan of the United States Navy,I felt absolutely crippled hearing this news.can’t imagine how the navy veterans who served on it feel.
Go Navy 🫡
She is being replaced by the new John F Kennedy (CVN-79) which is the 2nd of the Ford Class(not to be confused by the first JFK CV-67). Would not be surprised if the name Nimitz was to be given to a later Ford.
One little fact about disposing of CVNs, the Enterprise, the first CVN was due to cost $1B to dismantle.
I remember an episode of All in the family, when the Nimitz was being built, and meathead Mike made a quip to Archie what a colossal waste of money it was. Turns out it was quite the bargain!
VF41 Black Aces onboard USS Nimitz 77/78.
The only aircraft carrier to almost face the Japanese Imperial Navy.
It's all like this, The is a "X" afterwards aircraft carriers copys are better because the first is used for modifications and more modifications. There have the knowledge now 👍
I have a son on it right now on his first deployment...
Same here, he just got back from their deployment and is already back in Washington
11 month long deployment... OMG. I thought 6 months was long. How many marriages last that length of a separation?????
On average, a military deployment of over 12 months (common for the Army and Marines) will result in approximately 40% divorces of married servicemen.
As an Australian I wonder if the Nimitz Aircraft carrier could not have the nuclear reactors refueled or replaced and placed in service for Australia, Japan, South Korea or Taiwan?
Theoretically possible yes, but the cost would be eye-watering, and it simply wouldn't make sense on such an old ship. The ravages of time and many millions of miles at sea are inescapable, and it would be a maintenance nightmare.
Furthermore the cost of providing and maintaining a suitable CTOL airwing and qualified pilots is probably beyond anything other than a superpower, not to mention the fact that the skills and knowledge required take many years if not decades to perfect. France makes a valiant stab at it but they simply don't have the resources to deploy more than a single carrier, which makes for a part-time capability at best when you allow for maintenance, training etc.
The name Nimitz should NEVER be retired.
It may be used again. The navy has a long history of naming new ships after old ships.
She’d be Canada’s flagship. Our biggest ship is a frigate.
This 1 carrier has more personel than all the Canadian frigates. Which is why Canada could in fact not staff it.
cheaper to build a new one than keep an old one going - simple - save you ten min of your life
Is it the oldest active combat ship in the USN?
Largest warship, not "largest ship".
The folks here who propose gifting this ship to an allied nation or some other nice cause have failed to consider the cost benefit analysis. This would likely bankrupt a small country or defense budget of a medium size country.
how crazy is it that the Nimitz is 10 years older then the kuznetsov but appears 10 years younger
USS Nimitz is 1 of 11 nuclear powered Super Carriers, and 1 of 10 Nimitz-Class Super Carriers in service. There’s 3-4 Ford-class in the pipeline, as those become seaworthy the Nimitz will likely be decommissioned at a 1:1 rate. It’s nothing new or unheard of, 11 Super Carriers and their respective strike groups is the largest and most powerful force of its kind in the entire world, and it’s not even remotely close. We don’t need to add carriers, we just replace them with newer better carriers. There will be some overlap of course here and there, but for the most part 1:1 replacement Ford:Nimitz.
Why not sell them to the ally nations?
@@davidjacobs8558 it’s the most powerful military asset on the planet, supporting allies is great but at the end of the day an “ally” is just a signature on a piece of paper or a word in the dictionary, there’s no guarantee that the carrier won’t be used against you in the future OR that it’s technology/components/schematics won’t be shared with our adversaries. Not to mention when they are phased out they will have likely already reached the end of their service lifetime, having served the US for well over 50 years. Also, because they are powered by 2 large nuclear reactors, there’s a responsibility to the environment and to its inhabitants to make sure that its both maintained and operated safely during service and subsequently deactivated safely when the vessel is decommissioned. That’s a lot of trust you’d have to have in that ally, especially considering they’d have no experience with a vessel that size or nuclear powered super carriers in general, no captain or crews to maintain or operate the vessel, plus its second hand and near the very end of its service life. It’s just not worth the headache. Think F-22 when pondering why Super Carriers aren’t sold to our allies.
@@davidjacobs8558 I personally would like to build them from scratch for NATO, it would bolster our shipbuilding industry and it would be profitable from a global defense standpoint and an economic standpoint here at home. I just wouldn’t want to slow down our own production in order to do it, but if it could be done and flown under the NATO banner and not a specific country I’d feel better about it personally, Less risk, more accountability, plus we can be involved in the maintenance, training and operation of the vessel.
@@ChrisDavis333 other nations can't afford a brand new carrier made by USA.
but they can afford to fix and maintain used ones.
And USA can benefit by selling parts to those nations.
@@ChrisDavis333 I'm not suggesting selling them the latest carrier. I'm suggesting selling them retiring carriers.
I'm pretty sure Navy is retiring them, because they are now outdated.
So would be interesting to hear from those regular sailors who served recently on Her.
Is she in that bad od shape? I mean I joined the Marines in 75-80. I'll admit I'm in rough shape, but she looks great.
50 years is about Max life for a ship. The cost of refueling is also prohibitive.
@@WALTERBROADDUS Thanks!
I never served on her, but I served on the Enterprise. My ship was in good shape after 30 years but only because of that refueling/complex overhaul. That's the key. In order to keep it in shape it would require a complex overhaul, it sounds like it is in bad need of one. But that is quite expensive since you are in Newport News shipbuilding for years. Which is where my ship was when I got to it.
I'd rather have a large fleet, even if some ships may be considered old!
Old ships are money pits. They break down a lot.
You may not have noticed, but we're pushing close to 30 trillion in debt?
They are not the largest ship in the world, they are the largest naval ship in the world.
I’m a plank owner on the Nimitz. ❤️
Currently on her 2 plant STONG PLANT!! Lights power water steam to the Roof- RX dept
My Old Ship!!!!
I remember when she was brand new.
An old boat have to retire someday due to high maintenance cost and metal failure will kick in at old age.
Correction on that they were they largest warships in the world before the ford class but hardly the largest ships of all.
Five years on that bad boy. EA06. LOX plants to 1986.
In previous centuries, a ship could serve as long as its hull was good and stout.
Today, however, the advance of computers and computerized devices, a 50 year old ship is ancient compared to modern ships.
We have to replace our phones every 2 or 3 years because they become obsolete.
I bet all the radars, radios, sensors, and every other electronic device must be extremely old and obsolete.