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For those interested… The USS Nimitz, first in her class and Americal’s oldest active aircraft carrier, will be passing Seattle on Tuesday for her final return to Puget Sound. The 50-year old nuclear aircraft carrier is scheduled for decommissioning in 2026. The carrier is currently inbound to the Indian Island naval magazine, a normal stop where weapons and ammunition is loaded and unloaded. The moat recent word I’ve heard is that it will then move to Bremerton on Tuesday, and stay there for an underermined time before leaving again, going through the Strait of Magellan at the southern tip of South America, and heading up to Norfolk where it will enter a reserve deactivated period. America has yet to go through the scrapping process on ANY of its deactivated nuclear aircraft carriers. Enterprise is the first, deactivated in 2012, and it took 6 years to defuel her 8 nuclear reactors. That ship will head to Texas for final scrapping in 2026. So if youre interested in seeing this thing up close, download the marinetraffic app and watch for movement on Tuesday. Port Orchard, Hansville, Rockaway Beach, Manchester State Park are great places to view navy boats coming and going. submitted by /u/-AtomicAerials- |
