Could Nimitz Become AVTN-68?

Everyone’s favorite Disco vintage super carrier and almost-Kidō Butai vanquisher just transited to her new home at Norfolk after being the center of the Sail4th naval parade/International Naval Review 250/FLEETEX 250 in New York. Note: she still has an MQ-25 Stingray CBARS demonstrator on her deck. She pulled “back” into her new home at Norfolk yesterday, passing her docked sisters USS Eisenhower (CVN 69) and Truman (CVN 75). It is appropriate, as Norfolk was her original home from 1975 to 1987 before her West Coast days at Bremerton/Everett (1987-2001, 2012-2026) and San Diego (2001-2012). USS Nimitz (CVN 68) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk (NSN), Virginia, July 9, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Frankie M. Guage) The 51-year-old carrier departed Navy Base Kitsap (Bremerton) on 7 March and has spent the past four months in a series of goodwill port calls and exercises throughout the Americas for Operation South Seas, a fitting send-off for what is…