- Name
- Nimitz -class aircraft carrier
- Builders
- Newport News Shipbuilding Company
- Operators
- United States Navy
- Preceded by
- Enterprise class
- Succeeded by
- Gerald R. Ford class
- Subclasses
- Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class
- Cost
- US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)
- Built
- 1968–2006
- In service
- 1975–present
- In commission
- 3 May 1975–present
- Type
- Aircraft carrier
- Displacement
- 100,000 to 104,600 long tons (101,600–106,300 t) full load