Nestled on the edge of Yerba Buena Island, hidden under the noisy freeway, stands a three-story mansion known as the Nimitz House. Rear Admiral John Bitoff, who lived there from 1989 to 1992 while ...

BREMERTON — The USS Nimitz pulled into its homeport in Sinclair Inlet Saturday following two months of intense training off the coast of San Diego to ready the aircraft carrier and its crew for ...

Chester Nimitz, born in Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1885, rose to become a key figure in the U.S. Navy during World War II. As Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Nimitz led crucial victories at ...

The Nimitz, along with the cruiser USS Princeton and the destroyers USS Sterett and USS Ralph Johnson, returned to the Puget Sound region after operations in U.S. Indo-Pacific command and U.S. Central ...

The United States arrived late to the big-navy party. Mostly a land power until the late 19th century, the country did not authorize four-star admirals until after the Civil War. But the roster of ...

Home, sweet home. The USS Nimitz returned to its homeport in Bremerton Sunday following a seven-month deployment. The 1,092-foot aircraft carrier left Bremerton in November and headed to the U.S. 3rd ...

After 10 months at sea, the USS Nimitz is headed home, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The Bremerton-based aircraft carrier has traveled the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in support of a variety ...