[Yankee]

Here are the Nimitz Class Carriers and their numbers:

USS Nimitz (CVN 68), San Diego, Calif.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), Norfolk, Va.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Norfolk, Va.
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Everett, Wash.
USS George Washington (CVN 73), Norfolk, Va.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), San Diego, Calif.
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Norfolk, Va.
Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (Commisioned and being fitted out)

The other nuclear powered carrier is Enterprise (CVN 65), She is not in the Nimitz class.

[ChemistCat]

Stupid question from a Navy brat who oughta know better: what exactly does "fitted out" mean? I thought the Ronald Reagan was FINISHED. And is there significance to you leaving the USS off the front of only that ship?

[BluH2o]

Thanks for the info ... my brother-in-law was a pilot on the IKE (CVN-69) back in the late '70's.
As a Marine I spent a great deal of time on Navy ships ... but they were amphibious type craft ... LST's, LSD's, and an APA. My BluH2o designation comes from off shore sailing as a civilian ... including a trans-Atlantic this past summer on a 44' ketch rigged sailboat.

[Z-28]

San Diego also has the "Connie" (Constellation), and as you mentioned, the "Johnny" (John Stennis), and we will soon have the "Ronnie" (Ronald Reagan), and the Nimitz.