Mobility, flexibility and combat readiness are the primary characteristics that highlight NIMITZ and her crew. As the lead ship of the world’s most powerful and capable class of warships, NIMITZ and her class will long be remembered as our nation’s finest instrument of peace, power projection and platform for diplomacy.
JUL 1976 - FEB 1977 Mediterranean Cruise
NOV 1977 - JUN 1978 Mediterranean Cruise
SEP 1979 - MAY 1980 Mediterranean-Persian Gulf
MAR 1985 - OCT 1985 Mediterranean Cruise
AUG 1986 - OCT 1986 Blue Nose - Artic Circle
DEC 1986 - JUL 1987 Mediterranean Cruise
FEB 1991 - AUG 1991 Operation Desert Storm
SEP 1997 - MAR 1998 97-98 World Tour
MAR 2003 - NOV 2003 West Pac
MAY 2005 - NOV 2005 West Pac
APR 2007 - SEP 2007 West Pac-Indian Ocean
JAN 2008 - JUN 2008 Surge Deployment - Pacific Ocean
JUL 2009 - MAR 2010 West Pac
CAPT Bryan Whitfield Compton, Jr.
CAPT Richard Tillman Gaskill
CAPT John Richard Batzler
CAPT Raymond Paul Ilg
CAPT Eugene Davidson Conner
CAPT Brent Martin Bennitt
CAPT Robert Charles Williamson, Jr.
CAPT John Bernard Nathman
CAPT Alfred Glen Harms Jr.
CAPT Isaac E. Richardson III
CAPT Steven Franklin Firks
CAPT Robert John Gilman
CAPT Ted N. Branch
CAPT Michael Charles Manazir
CAPT Paul O.Monger
CAPT Jeffrey S. Ruth
2 July 1972 - 21 August 1976 RADM
21 August 1976 - 12 February 1979 RADM
12 February 1979 - 26 February 1982 RADM
26 February 1982 - 26 September 1984 VADM
26 September 1984 - 28 August 1987 RADM
28 August 1987 - 16 September 1989 RADM
16 September 1989 - 16 April 1992 RADM
16 April 1992 - 26 August 1994 ADM
26 August 1994 - 8 November 1996 VADM
8 November 1996 - 8 June 1999 RADM
8 June 1999 - 17 May 2002
17 May 2002 - 23 November 2004
23 November 2004 - 16 March 2007 RADM
16 March 2007 - 24 August 2009 RADM
24 August 2009 - 29 March 2012
29 March 2012 - Present
USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) Legacy
Nimitz Commanding Officers
