You won’t see this any time soon, and possibly never again. 7 US Super Carriers in port together, in one photograph.

This is a stitch of 4 photos taken on 3-March-2012 of Naval Base Kitsap, showing 7 of the world’s largest warships in port at the same time.

On the left, are some of the last 4 diesel (oil) powered Super Carriers. On the right side of the image is the most unusual aspect of this photograph, 3 Nimitz class nuclear Super Carriers in port together, including the classes namesake ship, the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), just days prior to her re-locating to hew new home port of Everett Washington.

Ships are labeled in the photo, left to right.

• CV-62 – USS Independence – The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) is a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. It was the fourth and final member of the Forrestal-class conventional-powered Supercarrier. It entered service in 1959, with much of its early years spent in the Mediterranean Fleet.
• CV-63 – USS Kitty Hawk – formerly CVA-63, was the second naval ship named after Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the site of the Wright brothers’ first powered airplane flight. Kitty Hawk was both the first and last active ship of her class, and the last conventionally-fuelled aircraft carrier in service with the US Navy.
• CV-64 – USS Constellation – a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the “new constellation of stars” on the flag of the United States and the only naval vessel ever authorized to display red, white, and blue designation numbers.
• CV-61 – USS Ranger – The seventh USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) is one of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the US Navy in the 1950s. Commissioned in 1957, she served extensively in the Pacific, especially the Vietnam War, for which she earned 13 battle stars.
• CVN-68 – USS Nimitz – is a supercarrier in the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. She is one of the largest warships in the world. She was laid down, launched and commissioned as CVAN-68 but was redesignated CVN 68 (nuclear-powered multimission aircraft carrier) on 30 June 1975 as part of the fleet realignment of that year.
• CVN-74 – USS John C. Stennis – is the seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in the United States Navy, named for Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi. She was commissioned on 9 December 1995. Her home port is Bremerton, Washington.
• CVN-76 – USS Ronald Reagan – is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy. The ninth ship of her class,[2] she is named in honor of former President Ronald Reagan, President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Upon her christening in 2001, she was the first ship to be named for a former president still living at the time.