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Originally Posted by Llarry
These new carriers will allow the retirement of the Nimitz class carriers to begin.
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The Nimitz class are projected for a 50-year lifespan. Here are the completion dates for the whole class of ten carriers:
CVN 68 Nimitz 1975
CVN 69 Ike 1977
CVN 70 Vinson 1982
CVN 71 T. Roosevelt 1986
CVN 72 Lincoln 1989
CVN 73 Washington 1992
CVN 74 Stennis 1995
CVN 75 Truman 1998
CVN 76 Reagan 2003
CVN 77 Bush 2009
And now I hear the Nimitz may do one more deployment and retire in 2006; 51 years of service.