In Popular Culture
The 1980 science fiction film The Final Countdown is set aboard the Nimitz.
In Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising, Nimitz is severely damaged early in the NATO-Warsaw Pact conflict when she is attacked by Backfire bombers in the North Atlantic. She returns later in the book and is crucial in the successful retaking of Iceland.
In the 2011 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Nimitz is seen partially sunk in New York Harbor as two of the main characters are escaping from pursuing Russians.
The 10 part documentary Carrier follows the crew of the Nimitz.
In the science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Nimitz and her battlegroup are destroyed by attacking aliens.
In the film Countdown to Looking Glass the Nimitz and her task force are deployed to the Strait of Hormuz to force the Omani government to rescind a toll placed on inbound oil tankers. The Soviets respond with a group of submarines, also sent to the crisis zone. They clear Omani patrols with minor losses.However, the Russian subs arrive before the Nimitz and one penetrates her escort screen. She then fires nuclear-armed depth charges, and destroys the sub. In retaliation, the Soviets deploy their submarine's nuclear weapons, which destroy the Nimitz. This begins World War III.
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