NIMITZ CVN 68

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Nimitz Class Attack Aircraft Carrier Nuclear
    Keel Laid 22 June 1968 - Launched 13 May 1972

  1. USS NIMITZ CVAN-68
  2. Commissioned 3 May 1975

  3. USS NIMITZ CVN-68
  4. Redesignated Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier Nuclear (CVN) 30 June 1975
NIMITZ PATCH 1 .jpg

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Nimitz CVAN-68 / CVN-68 Covers Page 1    (1968-2020)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Full Cover Image


 

Locy Type
FDC 2-2t(n)
(USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

1975-05-03

JonBurdett nimitz cvan68 19750503-1 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvan68 19750503-1.jpg

CVAN-68. First Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
FDC 9-1et(nu)

1975-05-03

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVAN68 19750503 1h Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVAN68 19750503 1h Front.jpg

CVAN-68. First Day in Commission. Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner


 

Locy Type
2-1(n) (USS, CVAN)

1975-03-03

JonBurdett nimitz cvan68 19750303 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvan68 19750303.jpg

CVAN-68, Sea Trials


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+) (USS)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-35

1987-07-02

JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19870702 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19870702.jpg

CVN-68


 

Locy Type
2-1n+ (USS)

1980-05-26

JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19800526 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19800526.jpg

CVN-68


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+) (USS)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-35a

1989-05-03

JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19890503 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19890503.jpg

CVN-68


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+) (USS)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-35b

1993-08-01

JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19930801 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19930801.jpg

CVN-68


 

Locy Type
2-2mt(n+)
(USS, FPO
AP 96697-2820)

(1995)

1996-05-20

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19960520 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19960520 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Returning to Home Port, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
2-2t(n)
(CVAN,USS,FPO
NEW YORK 09501)

1975-09-02

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVAN68 19750902 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVAN68 19750902 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. 30th Anniversary of V-J Day, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
2-2t(n)
(CVN,USS,FPO
NEW YORK 09501)

1978-06-28

JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19780628 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19780628.jpg

CVN-68


 

Locy Type
2-2n+ (USS,
FPO AE 09521-2820)

1998-02-19

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19980219 2 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19980219 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Ships cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
2-2n+ (USS,
FPO AP 96620-2820)

2005-04-19

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20050419 2 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20050419 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Ships cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
2-2n (USS, 96620)

2017-06-04

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20170604 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20170604 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski


 

Locy Type
7-2tn+ (09501)

1980-01-19

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19800119 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19800119 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Sailor's Mail


 

Locy Type
7-2t(n+)(FPO 09542)

1980-10-01

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19801001 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19801001 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68.


 

Locy Type
9-1e(n+u)(USS)

1990

1990-09-25

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19900925 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski JamesMonroe SSBN622 19900925 1 Front.jpg

Unlisted in Postmark Catalog. Decommissioning of USS James Monroe SSBN-622. From the Bob Govern collection.


 

Locy Type
9-1e(n+u)(USS)

1996

1996-06-25

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19960625 4 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Whale SSN638 19960625 4 Front.jpg

Decommissioning of USS Whale SSN-638. From the Bob Govern collection.


 

Locy Type
9-1(n+u) (USS)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-35c

1993-12-25

GregCiesielski Truxtun CGN35 19931225 2 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Truxtun CGN35 19931225 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Merry Christmas, cachet by Tom Armstrong
This cover is also postmarked from the USS Roanoke AOR-7, USS California CGN-36 and the USS Sacramento AOE-1


 

Locy Type
9-1et(n+u) (USS)

1997-07-01

GregCiesielski Seawolf SSN575 19970701 1a Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Seawolf SSN575 19970701 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA, SCRAPPING is completed on the USS Seawolf SSN-575, USS Snook SSN-592, USS Patrick Henry SSN-599, USS Henry Clay SSBN-625
and the USS Baton Rouge SSN-689. Cachet by Tom Armstrong


 

Locy Type
9-2(n+) (USS,
FPO AP 96697-2820)

1997-04-22

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19970422 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19970422 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.


 

Locy Type
9-2n+ (USS,
FPO AE 09521-2820)

1998-02-19

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19980219 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19980219 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Ships cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
9-2n+ (USS,
FPO AP 96620-2820)

2005-04-19

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20050419 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20050419 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Ships cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
11-2n (USS, 96620)

(NO FPO)

(Horizontal Date)

2016-10-27

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20161027 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20161027 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Navy Day. Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

Locy Type
11-2n (USS, 96620)

(NO FPO)

(Vertical Date)

2020-10-29

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20201029 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20201029 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Deployed to the Arabian Gulf. Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner


 

Locy Type
11-2n(USS,
FPO AP 96620-2820)

2015-12-25

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20151225 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20151225 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Christmas. Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

Locy Type
11-2(n+)(USS,
FPO AP 96620-2820)

2007-04-18

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20170418 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20170418 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. 65th Anniversary of Doolittle's Raid. Cachet by Douglas Ebert


 

Locy Type
11-2ny (USS,
FPO AP 96620) (Unit 100103)

2021-09-30

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20210930 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20210930 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Collectors request by Foster Miller, III. This is on the stuffer card received.


 

Locy Type
12-2n (USS,
FPO AP 96620)

(No Dial Rim)

2020-10-21

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20201021 2 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20201029 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Deployed to the Arabian Gulf. Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner


 

Locy Type
12-2n (USS,
FPO AP 96620-2820)

2017-12-25

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20171225 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20171225 1m Back.jpg

CVN-68. Christmas. Cachet by Neal J. Mills. Front shown on the Naval Covers page.


 

Locy Type
12-2n (USS,
FPO AP 96620)

2018-11-14

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20181114 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20181114 1 Back.jpg

CVN-68. Received by Thad Kaczkowski. On piece from the back of a SASE.


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-35e

1991-08-18

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19910818 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19910818 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Cachet by Tom Armstrong, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. Contributed by Neal J. Mills.


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-09-08

Payden Nimitz CVN 68 20080908 1 pm1.jpg
Payden Nimitz CVN 68 20080908 1 front.jpg

CVN-68. Contributed by Bill Payden.


 

Locy Type F

2010-05-03

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20100503 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20100503 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. 35th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet originally created for the Commissioning by Frederick L. Karcher


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-11

2011-05-08

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20110508 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20110508 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.


 

Locy Type F

2015-05-03

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20150503 3 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20150503 3 Front.jpg

CVN-68. 40th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type P
[2-2t(n) with
"A" cut out]

1975-08-18

JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19750818 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvn68 19750818.jpg

CVN-68


 

Locy Type
Meter FR2
(#8014019) ZIP 98780

1994-01-10

Bunter Nimitz CVN 68 19940110 1 pm1.jpg
Bunter Nimitz CVN 68 19940110 1 front.jpg

Note:


 

Locy Type
Meter FR2
(#8014930)
"MAILED FROM
ZIP CODE / 09521"

1998-09-01

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19980901 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19980901 1 Front.jpg

Ships cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.


 

Locy Type
Meter OFR2
(#520272)
ZIP 98780

1992-05-21

Bunter Nimitz CVN 68 19920521 1 pm1.jpg
Bunter Nimitz CVN 68 19920521 1 front.jpg

As CVN-68


 

Locy Type
Meter OFR3
(#504246)
ZIP 96697

1993-06-23

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19930623 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19930623 1 front.jpg

CVN-68. Official Business


 

Locy Type
Meter OFR3
(#504246) ZIP 98780

1992-06-03

Bunter Nimitz CVN 68 19920603 1 pm1.jpg
Bunter Nimitz CVN 68 19920603 1 front.jpg

Note:


 

Locy Type
Meter PB6
(#0001936962)
ZIP 96620

2020-05-06

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20200506 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20200506 1 Front.jpg

CVN-68. From the Elgin E. Sink collection.


 

Locy Type
RECD

2020-05-03

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20200503 1k Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20200503 1k Front.jpg

CVN-68. From the Tom Kean collection.



USPS Pictorial Postmarks


 

USPS Slogan
Machine Cancel

"CHRISTENING OF /
THE USS NIMITZ"

Newport News, VA.

1972-05-13

JonBurdett nimitz cvan68 19720513 pm.jpg
JonBurdett nimitz cvan68 19720513.jpg

Launching


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"40th Anniversary Station"

Norfolk VA

2015-05-03

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20150503 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20150503 1 Front.jpg

40th Anniversary of Commissioning.


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"45th Anniversary Sta."

Newport News VA

2020-05-03

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20200503 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 20200503 1 Front.jpg

45th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by Michael Brock



Proposed Pictorial Postmark


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"45th Anniversary Sta."

Norfolk VA

2020-05-03

GregCiesielski Nimitz NOVA 20200503 1 Postmark.jpg

N/A

45th Anniversary of Commissioning. Initially scheduled to be issued in Norfolk, this postmark was changed to Newport News VA to facilitate better customer requests.



Stamp Honoring the Ships Namesake


 

USPS FDOI

Fredericksburg, TX

1985-02-22

GregCiesielski Nimitz CVN68 19850222 1 Front.jpg

N/A

FDOI - Nimitz stamp, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS NIMITZ has earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy "E" Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career as of 2019.

USS NIMITZ played a key role in the 1980 film "The Final Countdown"
starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino, Charles Durning and Katharine Ross; directed by Don Taylor

NAMESAKE - Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, USN (24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966)
Nimitz graduated the Naval Academy in 1905 and served until his death in 1966. Nimitz was a veteran of World War I and World War II and held the rank of Fleet Admiral. Nimitz played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II and after World War II was nominated as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1945-1947. Because Fleet Admiral was a lifetime rank, Nimitz remained on active duty for the rest of his life, with full pay and benefits.

The ships sponsor was Catherine Nimitz Lay, the daughter of Admiral Nimitz.

 


 

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