On Its Way to Panama is the USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier and the Destroyer USS Gridley

2026-03-23 - 21:03

With the capacity to transport up to 90 aircraft, including airplanes and helicopters, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, of the United States Navy, will arrive this Sunday, March 29, in Panama. It will do so alongside the destroyer USS Gridley. The aircraft carrier above will be anchored in open waters and the ship at the Amador Cruise Port in Panama City until Thursday, April 2 of 2026. Considered one of the world’s largest aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz has been in operation since 1968. It was christened in 1972 by its godmother Catherine Nimitz, the daughter of Admiral Chester Nimitz. Homeport: Norfolk Virginia. In Service: Hull Number: Category: Complement: Gross Tons: 1975 | 51 years CVN-68 Aircraft Carrier 6,012 100,020 GT Length: Beam: Draft: Speed: 1,092.0 ft 252.0 ft 41.0 ft 30.0 knots 34.5 mph USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier currently operated by the United States Navy. USS Nimitz was built by Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. The ship has been in active service for 51 years. View USS Nimitz’s real-time location, route, speed, course history, itinerary updates, port destinations, estimated arrival times, and more in the aircraft carrier tracker map below. All ship position data is sourced directly from the global AIS tracking system, delivering the latest tracking information available. Each new ship report received automatically updates the displayed data. Below is how to track the exact location of these warships, in particular the USS Nimitz. https://www.cruisingearth.com/ship-tracker/united-states-navy/uss-nimitz