* {{Cite book|title=U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History|last=Friedman|first=Norman|year=1983|publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]]|location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]]|isbn=978-0-87021-739-5}}
* {{Cite book|title=American Carrier Air Power at the Dawn of a New Century|last=Lambeth|first=Benjamin|year=2005|publisher=[[RAND Corporation]]|location=[[Santa Monica, California]]|isbn=978-0-8330-3842-5}}
* {{Cite book|title=The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet|last=Polmar|first=Norman|year=2004|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-685-8}}
* {{Cite book|title=Navy Aircraft Carriers: Cost-effectiveness of Conventionally and Nuclear-powered Carriers: Report to Congressional Requesters|last=Stevens|first=Ted|year=1998|publisher=[[Government Accountability Office]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|isbn=1-4289-7664-7}}
* {{Cite book|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft and Systems|last=Wertheim|first=Eric|year=2007|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-955-2}}
* {{cite book|first= John F.|last= Schank|author2=Mark V. Arena|author3=Denis Rushworth|author4=John Birkler|author5=James Chiesa |title= Refueling and Complex Overhaul of the USS ''Nimitz'' (CVN 68): Lessons for the Future|url= http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1632/index.html|publisher= [[Rand Corporation]]|location= [[Santa Monica, California]]|isbn= 0-8330-3288-7|year= 2002|accessdate= 2010-12-04}}
{{Commons category|Nimitz class aircraft carriers}}
* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/active/fleet_02.htm U.S. Navy website]
