Daily Event for May 13, 2011

Around 4,000 people attended the launch of the Nimitz CVN-68 at Newport News Shipbuilding on May 13, 1972. After Catherine Nimitz Ley christened the ship it took thirty minutes for the massive hull to clear the slipway and fully take to the James River. Nimitz was the second nuclear powered carrier in the U.S. Navy and is still on active duty in the year 2011.
© 2011 Michael W. Pocock
MaritimeQuest.com


USS Nimitz CVN-68 seen off Norway.





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