The USS Nimitz, the world s largest multi-mission nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was stuck at port due to contamination in the drinking water system.
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is back at sea preparing for an upcoming deployment after being kept pierside due to jet fuel contamination in its potable water system, USNI News has learned. The carrier left the pier at Naval Station North Island, Calif., on Sunday to meet the other ships in its Carrier Strike Group […]
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is still pierside at Naval Air Station North Island due to ongoing problems with the ship’s drinking water system, two officials familiar with the matter told USNI News on Tuesday. The Navy delayed Nimitz‘s plans to leave the pier and the ship is using San Diego’s water while it works out the […]
Sailors could’t use the potable water system aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for three days after jet fuel contaminated the fresh water tanks last week, a Navy official told USNI News on Wednesday. After discovering JP5 in the water while the carrier was at sea on Sept. 16, the potable water became safe to […]