 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Rimwe remabasa makuru okutanga umo ngarava dzaibatanidzwa raiva Operation Eagle Claw rakatangwa neNimitz muna 1980 pashure pokunge raendeswa kuIndian Ocean mukupindura kutorwa kwevabatwamumiriri weU.S. muTehran. Kunyange zvazvo pakutanga yaiva chikamu cheU.S. Atlantic Fleet, Dwight D. Eisenhower yakabvisa Nimitz mubasa iri pashure pokushumira kwayo muGungwa reMediterranean. Nimitz yakaitisa kurovedza Freedom of Navigation pamwe chete nemutakuri wendege muna August 1981 muGulf of Sidra, pedyo neLibya. Mukati mekurovedza uku, maviri engarava dzeF-14 Tomcats dzakapfura ndege mbiri dzeLibya mune izvo zvakazozivikanwa seChiitiko cheGulf of Sidra. Muna 1987, Carl Vinson akabatanidzwa mukuendeswa kwekutanga kwevatakuri veU.S. muGungwa reBering, uye Nimitz yakapa kuchengeteka mukati meMitambo yeOlympic ya1988 muSeoul. 