An image of the stunning USS Nimitz (CVAN-68) Plank Owner's Challenge Coin.

Photo and biography of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, from an Information Kit created by the ship's Public Affairs Office in 1976.

"This Is the Captain Speaking...", New Year's Message, 4 January 1978.

This model is currently aboard the Nimitz.

OZ Division patch, 1976–1979.

USS Nimitz CVN-68, Service Is Our Business, S2 Food Service Division.

PME, 1976 Med Cruise.

Mediterranean-Indian Ocean Cruise, 1979–1980.

Mediterranean-Indian Ocean Cruise, 10 September 1979–26 May 1980.

Mediterranean-Indian Ocean Cruise, 10 September 1979–26 May 1980.

"Gonzo Guzzler," 1980. "Gonzo Station" (named for a character from "The Muppet Show," very popular at the time) was the nickname of an area of carrier operations in the North Arabian Sea. It was regularly patrolled by carrier task forces during the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981) and the so-called "Tanker War" (1981-1988). Following Operation Desert Storm (1991), "Gonzo Station" lost its strategic importance as it was too far away from Iraq and the Northern Persian Gulf.

June 1, 1914 was the day General Order 99 was promulgated, prohibiting alcohol on board naval vessels, or at Navy yards or stations.

"Gonzo Centurion, 100 Days at Sea" 1980.

Gonzo Yacht Club, Indian Ocean Cruise 1980.

USS California - USS Nimitz - USS Texas, 1980 Indian Ocean, Nuclear Power Battle Group

USS Nimitz CVN-68, US 2-Libya 0, Mediterranean Cruise '81–'82 [18 August 1981]

USS Nimitz CVN-68, Israel visit 1981–82, Shalom [11–13 Dec 1981]

Exercise Northern Wedding 86. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crossed the Arctic Circle at 2138 on August 27, 1986 (position 66°33'N, 24º14'3"W), hence the "Blue Nose."

USS Nimitz (CVN-68), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, WestPac-IO 2 September 1988–2 March 1989.

CVW-9, 1988, Seoul Olympic, CVN-68 USS Nimitz

USS Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) WestPac/IO 91 (February 25 – August 24, 1991.)

"Arabian Nights Flying Club, USS Nimitz, CVW 9, Desert Storm-WestPac 91"

Persian Gulf, 1991.

USS Nimitz (CVN-68), BENO Station, BENO Nintendo, BENO VCR, BENO Women, BENO Liberty, BENO Fun. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, VAW-112, VS-33, VF-24, VF-211, VA-165, VFA-146, VFA-147, HS-2, VAQ-138.

Either 25 February–24 August 1991 or 2 February–1 August 1993.

Southern Watch, Persian Gulf, 93, CVN 68 Nimitz, Carrier Airwing Nine.

WestPac 93, VFA-147, VFA-146, VA-165, VAQ-138, VS-33, CVW-9, VAW-112, HS-2, VF-24, VF-211.

Operation Southern Watch, USS Nimitz, WestPac 93, CVW-9.

USS Nimitz/CVW-9, HS-2, VAW-112, VS-33, VF-24, VFA-146, VFA-147, VF-211, VA-165, VAQ-138. Southern Watch, Persian Gulf 1993.

"The Argonaut Legacy, CVW9 Tophook Squadron, 9, Nimitz, November '90 to July '93 and Beyond"

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 WestPac, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf deployment, 27 November 1995–20 May 1996.

CVW-9 CVN-68, WestPac '96, Sho̅gun On the Cutting Edge

VQ-5, VAW-112, VAQ-138, VFA-146, VF-211, VA-165, VF-24, VFA-147, HS-8, VRC-30, VS-33

USS Nimitz CVN-68, West Pac Cruise 1995–96

Nimitz-Nine Team, Westpac '95–96, Field Day in the Gulf

USS Nimitz, CVW NINE, "In Harm's Way" WestPac 95–96.

World Cruise, 1 September 1997–1 1998.

Carrier Group Seven, Carrier Air Wing Nine, Nimitz Battle Group

Sacramento AOE-1, Port Royal CG-73, Kinkaid DD-965, Olympia SSN-717, Lake Champlain CG-57, Ford FFG-54

VS-33, VFA-147, HS-8, VMFA-314, VRC-30, VAW-112, VQ-5, VF-211, VAQ-138, VFA-146

USS Nimitz CVN-68 Around the Horn 2001 (21 September–13 November). Brazil, Chile, Peru.

March 3-November 5, 2003 deployment to WestPac, Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf (Operation Iraqi Freedom).

CVW-11 USS Nimitz, VAQ-135 VFA-97 VFA-14 VFA-41 VFA-94 VAW-117 HS-6 VRC-30, Operation Iraqi Freedom, WestPac 2003 [3 March–5 November].

USS Nimitz CVN-68, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003

Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11; USS Nimitz (CVN-68); Commander Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 23; Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11: HS-6 "Indians," VFA-86 "Sidewinders," VRC-30 "Providers" Det. 3, VAQ-135 "Black Ravens," VFA-41 "Black Aces," VFA-14 "Tophatters," VFA-97 "Warhawks," VAW-117 "Wallbangers." Operation Enduring Freedom, WestPac 2009–2010 (31 July 2009–26 March 2010).

RIMPAC [Rim of the Pacific] June–August 2012.

Cap patches.

"Centurion" patch—500 traps on a carrier.

Undated postcard.