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Aircraft carrier news: The Navy plans to decommission the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), lead ship of the Nimitz class carriers in 2025 and will decommission the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) a year later. By then the new Kennedy (CVN 79) should be finished and in the fleet, with the new Enterprise (CVN 80) not too far behind.

I feel old. On the other hand, the Nimitz is old -- in the fleet since 1975, and the Ike has been in the fleet since 1977, so it's time. Both will go to Newport News for the beginning of dismantling, joining the Enterprise. Between dismantling old carriers and building new ones, Newport News is going to get crowded!