6:34 PM: Thanks for the texted tip! MarineTraffic.com confirms that’s the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), southbound toward Alki Point right now. Four weeks have passed since the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier headed out.
7:44 PM: Added a photo, texted by a reader who was on the Bremerton ferry when it passed Nimitz. (Thank you!)
P.S. A search for recent news about the Nimitz reveals the Navy has initiated the “deactivation” process, looking ahead to decommissioning it in 2026.
How cool that this is coming in during Seafair when the Blue Angels, Whidbey Growlers, and F-35B are in town. It sure looks impressive from SW Oregon st. #GoNavy 🇺🇸⚓
Saw it from the top of Gennesee Hill above Alki. Dropped my friend off on Admiral and in the time it took me to immediately park in the safe street zone to try to photograph it for posterity after returning from Seafair today, it was gone around the point south of Lincoln Park. It must have been under full throttle.. thought I’d seen a ghost!
IIRC, the speed limit for any big ship, carriers included, in Puget Sound is 15 knots.
The Nimitz, like 99% of Navy ships don’t go very far past Akli Point as they make a starboard turn into Sinclare Inlet on the way to PSNS (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard), which is between the south end of Bainbridge Island and the northeast end of Manchester St. Park.
Made that same trip NUMEROUS times on the USS Sacramento and USS Abrahm Lincoln!
So, it was probably well into the inlet, and out of sight, by the time you parked your car.
Me a Navy DadHooya Visited my kid in Guam and in Norfolk.See the firghter jets flying , submarines and aircraft carriers all the time
I saw it in the Strait at about noon and it was steaming in circles roughly between Pt. Angeles and Victoria. Anyone know why it would be going in circles?Thanks
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