Editing USS Nimitz (section)

==Construction==
[[File:180622-N-N0101-1001 (42390368114).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Catherine Nimitz Lay christens ''Nimitz'' on 13 May 1972]]

''Nimitz'' was authorized by the [[U.S. Congress]] in [[fiscal year]] 1967 and [[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.]] in [[Newport News, Virginia]], was awarded the $106.5 million contract (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|106.5|1967|r=2}} million today). The [[keel]] was [[laid down]] on 22 June 1968. The vessel was christened on 13 May 1972, by Catherine Nimitz Lay, the daughter of the late [[Admiral Nimitz]], six years after his death. ''Nimitz'' was delivered to the Navy in 1975, and was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[Naval Station Norfolk]] on 3 May 1975, by the 38th President of the United States, [[Gerald R. Ford]].<ref name=DANFS/>