U.S Navy’s Oldest Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Makes Final Overseas Port Call At Kingston, Jamaica

The oldest U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN-68), has reached Kingston, Jamaica, for a five-day stay.

Commissioned in 1975, the active-duty nuclear-powered carrier is on its final tour.

It will sail to Virginia to be decommissioned next March after completing 52 years of service, and will be replaced by the USS Kearsarge in the coming weeks.

Since the carrier is too large for the Panama Canal, it had to travel all the way around South America to reach the Caribbean.
During its journey, the Nimitz participated in joint maritime exercises with Latin American partners.

In Jamaica, local officials, military members, and students will tour the ship, while the crew will explore Kingston.

U.S. Embassy official Scott Renner noted that the visit strengthens security cooperation, boosts the local economy, and builds meaningful connections between the two nations.

The carrier also recently hosted leaders from Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Guyana, and Grenada.

The Nimitz’s arrival comes during a time of high regional tension as the U.S recently charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes.

The Navy is also running Operation Southern Spear, an anti-drug smuggling mission in the region.

While other U.S. warships, including the USS Iwo Jima, are scheduled to return home this month, the Nimitz might stay in the Caribbean a bit longer if tensions with Cuba rise.

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