USS Nimitz

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Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Adult
Subjects: Technology, Design
Produced By: Exploration Production Inc.
Year: 2009
Country: Canada
Language: English
Running Time: 46m

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The USS Nimitz - a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. A floating city. And the most powerful weapon on the planet. She's the biggest, meanest, most lethal weapon in the arsenal of a global power. The USS Nimitz, like the whole US Navy, has to be ready for any mission, anywhere in the world. That's why she undergoes a rigorous - and often dangerous - evaluation before every deployment. And for four days in February, Mighty Ships was aboard while the supercarrier and her young crew were put through their paces.

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