'' Nimitz '' s fourth deployment , from 10 November 1982 to 20 May 1983 , was to the Caribbean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea . '' Nimitz '' deployed for a fifth time on 8 March 1985 . On 14 June 1985 , two Lebanese gunmen hijacked TWA Flight 847 , which carried 153 passengers and crew and included Americans . In response , '' Nimitz '' was deployed to the coast of Lebanon , where it remained until August 1985 . The embarked Airwing 8 flew continuous sorties for 67 days , bombing several sites in Beirut including the runways of Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport . The ship returned to Norfolk on 4 October 1985
TWA Flight 847
TWA Flight 847
USS Nimitz