Nimitz

Description
The Nimitz is a Fighter-based carrier carrying 12 Interceptors, the only fighters with Turrets. It has a fairly large amount of health. The Nimitz has a large range of Small and Medium Turrets for hunting down small ships or while standing ground to cover a retreat or allow time for fights pilots to arrive.

Advantages

 * Balanced firepower and accuracy, both the Carrier itself and its Fighters.
 * High Health.
 * Accurate Turrets.
 * Fast and highly manuverable for its size.
 * Fighters are quite powerful if used in quantities of 3 to 9.

Disadvantages

 * A huge blind spot near the sides and under the ship.
 * Not much in firepower against larger ships like Dreadnoughts.
 * No Spinals.
 * Sacrifices firepower for Fighters.

Strategy

 * Make sure your team uses the Fighters against the same target.
 * The runway can be used to easily land and regroup fighters without recalling them, or for a Fighter to flee from a small ship, as the Nimitz destroys the other ship.
 * Even though it has small and low damage turrets, it can destroy any small ship, such as a Frigate or a Destroyer that is trying to damage you or your Fighters.
 * Whatever you do do not turn around or lean forward with this ship as you will throw the pilots off.

Trivia

 * The only Carrier to have a runway, besides the Stormbringer.
 * Its design is based on the actual carrier USS Nimitz, with which it also shares its name. The Nimitz-class is the only Aircraft Carrier currently employed by the United States military.
 * Has the only fighters with a Turret.
 * The only carrier with fighters on the exterior.
 * Has the most fighters out of all other carriers.
 * Buffed in dread update (.61e)