The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed San Diego December 6 to conduct an administrative homeport change from Naval Base Coronado to Naval Base Kitsap at Bremerton, Wash.
Nimitz is making the homeport change to conduct a year-long docking-planned incremental availability (DPIA) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) at Bremerton.
Prior to the departure, a large part of the carrier’s deck looked like a parking lot. The ship onloaded more than 400 privately owned vehicles belonging to sailors for the transit to Washington as part of an Opportune Lift program to assist Sailors and their families with the move. Nimitz is scheduled to conduct a docking planned incremental availability upon arriving in Washington.
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