Ships in the World

1975
Nimitz-class supercarrier, lead ship
Active; Homeport: Naval Station Everett, Everett, Washington

1977
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

1982
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California

1986
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

1989
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

1992
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan

1995
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington

1998
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

2003
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California

2009
Nimitz-class supercarrier
Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

Laid down: 17 October 1888
Launched: 18 November 1890
Sponsored by: Alice Tracy Wilmerding
Commissioned: 17 September 1895
Fate: Sunk by mysterious explosion in Havana Harbor, Havana, Cuba, 15 February 1898
Status: Remains scuttled in the Strait of Florida, 16 March 1912

Ordered: 19 September 1896
Laid down: 9 February 1897
Launched: 26 November 1898
Commissioned: 4 February 1901
Decommissioned: 15 May 1920
Fate: Sold for scrap

Laid down: 2 April 1902
Launched: 10 November 1904
Commissioned: 11 May 1906
Decommissioned: 6 August 1920
Fate: Sunk as target 5 September 1923

Laid down: 18 December 1906
Launched: 11 July 1908
Sponsored by: Miss Frederica Ansel
Completed: 1 March 1910
Commissioned: 1 March 1910
Decommissioned: 15 December 1921
Fate: Stricken 1924, sold for scrap

Laid down: 8 March 1909
Launched: 12 May 1910
Commissioned: 15 September 1911
Decommissioned: 16 February 1931
Fate: Scrapped, 1931

Laid down: 11 September 1911
Launched: 30 October 1912
Acquired: 26 April 1914
Commissioned: 15 April 1914
Decommissioned: 29 August 1946
In service: 1914
Out of service: 1946
Nickname: "The Old Lady of the Sea"[1]
Fate: Employed as a target ship in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. Later sunk as a target on 7/8/1948 by aircraft and naval gunfire 40 miles SW of Pearl Harbor

Laid down: 14 October 1915
Launched: 13 April 1917
Sponsored by: Miss Margaret Cabeza De Baca
Commissioned: 20 May 1918
Decommissioned: 19 July 1946
Struck: 25 February 1947
Nickname: "The Queen"
Honors and
awards: 6 battle stars, World War II
Fate: Sold 9 November 1947 and broken up for scrap in Newark, NJ

Laid down: 24 April 1917
Launched: 20 March 1920
Sponsored by: Mrs. E. Brook Lee daughter-in-law of U.S. Senator from Maryland Blair Lee
Christened: 20 March 1920
Commissioned: 21 July 1921
Decommissioned: 3 April 1947
In service: 1921
Out of service: 1946
Refit: 1928-1929, 1942, 1944-1945, 1945
Homeport: Pearl Harbor
Identification: BB-46
Nickname: "Old Mary" and "Fighting Mary"
Honors and awards: seven battle stars
Fate: sold for scrap on 8 July 1959
Status: dismantled

Laid down: 27 October 1937
Launched: 13 June 1940
Sponsored by: Isabel Hoey
Commissioned: 9 April 1941
Decommissioned: 27 June 1947
Struck: 1 June 1960
Nickname: Showboat
Honors and awards:

15 Battle Stars
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Navy Occupation Medal
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Philippine Liberation Medal
Philippine Independence Medal
Status: Museum ship

Laid down: 27 June 1940
Launched: 27 August 1942
Commissioned: 22 February 1943
Decommissioned: 26 October 1990
Struck: 17 March 2006
Motto: "Our Liberties We Prize, Our Rights We Will Maintain"
Nickname: "The Big Stick"
Honors and
awards: 11 battle stars
Fate: Donated to the Pacific Battleship Center for display as a museum and memorial
Status: On display at the Port of Los Angeles
Notes: Last lead ship of any class of US battleship
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