US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS
Abraham Lincoln
(CVN-72)
is the fifth
Nimitz
-class
aircraft carrier
in the
United States Navy
. She is the third Navy ship to have been named after the former President
Abraham Lincoln
. Her home port is
NAS North Island
, San Diego, California; she is a member of the
United States Pacific Fleet
. She is administratively responsible to Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, and operationally serves as the
flagship
of
Carrier Strike Group 3
and host to
Carrier Air Wing Nine
.
[4]
She was returned to the fleet on 12 May 2017, marking the successful completion of her
Refueling and complex overhaul
(RCOH) carried out at
Newport News Shipyard
. On 1 April 2019, USS
Abraham Lincoln
was deployed to the
Middle East
as the flagship for
Carrier Strike Group 12
and
Carrier Air Wing Seven
assigned to her.
Abraham Lincoln
Carrier Strike Group
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Abraham Lincoln
is part of
Carrier Strike Group Three
(CSG-3) with
Carrier Air Wing Nine
(CVW-9) embarked, with
Abraham Lincoln
as the
flagship
of the strike group and the home of the commander of
Destroyer Squadron 21
.
Ships of Destroyer Squadron 21
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Squadrons of CVW-9
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Ship history
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Construction
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Abraham Lincoln
'
s contract was awarded to
Newport News Shipbuilding
on 27 December 1982; her keel was laid 3 November 1984 at
Newport News, Virginia
. The ship was
launched
on 13 February 1988 and
commissioned
on 11 November 1989. She cost $4.726 billion in 2010 dollars.
1990 to 1999
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Abraham Lincoln
was transferred to the Pacific in September 1990 performing
Gringo-Gaucho
with the
Argentine Naval Aviation
during the transit. From 4 October,
Abraham Lincoln
formed CTG 24.8 in company with
USS
Doyle
; 6 October transit with
USS
Pawcatuck
and
Doyle
in company.
[5]
On 5 November 1990, as
Abraham Lincoln
was anchored in
Valparaiso
,
Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez
guerrillas detonated a bomb inside the restaurant Max und Moritz, in the seaside resort of
Vina del Mar
, wounding three of her sailors.
[6]
Abraham Lincoln
'
s maiden
Western Pacific
deployment came unexpectedly on 28 May 1991 in response to
Operation Desert Shield
/
Desert Storm
. The ship had the staffs of Commander,
Carrier Group Three
, Rear Admiral
Timothy W. Wright
, and
Destroyer Squadron 9
embarked, as well as
Carrier Air Wing Eleven
. She was accompanied by a seven-ship battle group.
[7]
While heading towards the Indian Ocean, the ship was diverted to support evacuation operations after
Mount Pinatubo
erupted on
Luzon
Island in the Philippines. In support of
Operation Fiery Vigil
,
Abraham Lincoln
led a 23-ship armada that moved over 45,000 people from the
Subic Bay Naval Station
to the port of
Cebu
in the
Visayas
. It was the largest peacetime evacuation of active military personnel and their families in history. One baby was born onboard
Abraham Lincoln
during the evacuation; his mother named him Abraham Lincoln Prestera. After Fiery Vigil,
Abraham Lincoln
steamed toward the
Persian Gulf
, to run reconnaissance and
combat air patrols
in
Iraq
and
Kuwait
, assisting allied and US troops involved with Desert Storm. In early 1992, the ship was at
Naval Air Station Alameda
on Ship's Restricted Availability for minor maintenance and refitting.
From June 1993,
Abraham Lincoln
was the flagship of Commander,
Carrier Group Three
.
[8]
In October 1993, the carrier was ordered to the coast of
Somalia
to assist UN humanitarian operations. For four weeks,
Abraham Lincoln
flew air patrols over
Mogadishu
in support of
Operation Restore Hope
.
Abraham Lincoln
was to be the first Pacific Fleet carrier to integrate female aviators into the crew after the Combat Exclusion Laws were lifted on 28 April 1993. The ship left
San Diego
on 24 October 1994, to begin refresher training. The next day, Lieutenant
Kara Spears Hultgreen
, the first female
F-14 Tomcat
pilot, died when her plane crashed into the sea. Her F-14 suffered a
compressor stall
as she made her final approach, losing power to one of the engines. She aborted the landing to the best of her ability in an effort to prevent a collision with the aft end of the ship and the plane inverted and went into the ocean. Radar intercept officer Lieutenant Matthew Klemish ejected safely from the plane and was rescued from the water minutes later, but Hultgreen, who was automatically ejected 0.4 seconds after Klemish, rocketed straight into the ocean and was instantly killed. Her body, still strapped in the ejection seat, was recovered 19 days later.
[9]
Abraham Lincoln
'
s third deployment began in April 1995 when she was sent to the Persian Gulf and took part in
Southern Watch
and in
Operation Vigilant Sentinel
.
[10]
During an underway replenishment,
Abraham Lincoln
was run into by
USS
Sacramento
, when the latter had steering difficulties due to a split rudder, impacting
Sacramento
'
s port side, crushing the M-frames, partially crushing a female crew berthing area, and punching a large hole in
Abraham Lincoln
'
s superstructure (TACAN room).
Abraham Lincoln
was able to continue on with her mission, while
Sacramento
had to dock at Jebel Ali, UAE, for several weeks for repair.
Operation Infinite Reach
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Abraham Lincoln
began a fourth deployment in June 1998. Once again, the ship headed for the Persian Gulf in support of operation Southern Watch. During this deployment, the
Abraham Lincoln
carrier battle group launched
Tomahawk cruise missiles
against two sites. The first was a
Sudanese pharmaceutical factory
suspected of assisting
Osama bin Laden
in making chemical weapons. The second was Bin Laden's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. These strikes were ordered by President
Bill Clinton
13 days after terrorists
bombed the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
and was codenamed
Operation Infinite Reach
.
[11]
Abraham Lincoln
was awarded the
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
, and
Abraham Lincoln
carrier battle group the
Meritorious Unit Commendation
ribbon for their participation.
[12]
2000s
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The carrier's fifth deployment commenced in August 2000, when
Abraham Lincoln
again traveled to the Persian Gulf in support of Southern Watch. On this deployment, the carrier, air wing, and battle group ships earned the Navy
Meritorious Unit Commendation
. Additionally, the ship earned the prestigious Arleigh Burke Award as the most improved command in the
Pacific Fleet
.
Abraham Lincoln
was in port on 11 September 2001. The carrier was put to sea on 20 July 2002 to support
Operation Enduring Freedom
. She took up station once more in support of Operation Southern Watch before taking a port visit to
Perth, Western Australia
. During this time,
Abraham Lincoln
was ordered to the Persian Gulf to take part in
Operation Iraqi Freedom
. This forced the Navy to extend
Abraham Lincoln
'
s stay from 20 January 2003 to 6 May 2003. The news of this extension was delivered to the ship's crew on New Year's morning by the then battlegroup commander, Rear Admiral Kelly, with the phrase, "We don't need to be home holding our loved ones, we need to be here holding the line. Get over it!" The term "Get over it" became the running joke aboard ship, which eventually led to a deployment patch made aboard that read "Westpac 2003 CVN-72 CVW-14 GET OVER IT" with an image intended to depict an admiral kicking a sailor in the groin.
[13]
Abraham Lincoln
and the carrier battle group and airwing helped deliver the opening salvos and air strikes in Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the airwing's deployment, some 16,500 sorties were flown and 1.6 million pounds of ordnance were used. Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), the "Blue Wolves", was instrumental in delivering over 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) of fuel to these strike aircraft, one of the largest aerial refueling undertakings by a carrier aviation squadron in history. The carrier returned home in May 2003, in the process receiving a visit from President
George W. Bush
before officially ending
Abraham Lincoln
'
s deployment by docking at San Diego before returning to homeport in Everett, Washington. Bush stated at the time that this was the end to
major combat operations
in Iraq. While this statement did coincide with an end to the conventional phase of the war, Bush's assertion?and a sign displayed during his visit?became controversial after
guerrilla
warfare in Iraq increased during the
Iraqi insurgency
. The vast majority of casualties, both military and civilian, occurred after the speech.
[14]
The
White House
said their services constructed the banner. As explained by Cmdr. Conrad Chun, a Navy spokesman, "The banner was a Navy idea, the ship's idea. The idea popped up in one of the meetings aboard the ship preparing for her homecoming and thought it would be good to have a banner, '
Mission Accomplished
.' The sailors then asked if the White House could get the sign made. ... The banner signified the successful completion of the ship's deployment," Cmdr. Chun continued, noting that
Abraham Lincoln
was deployed 290 days, longer than any other nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in history. This record would later be broken in 2020.
In June 2004, following a 10-month docking period, the ship put to sea for the start of working up prior to deployment. During this period, a film crew was hosted aboard to produce scenes for the film
Stealth
, which included the presence of a full-scale model of a fictional aircraft, the F/A-37 Talon, that would feature as operating from the carrier.
[15]
On 1 October 2004, the carrier's controlling formation was redesignated from Cruiser-Destroyer Group Three to
Carrier Strike Group Nine
.
Abraham Lincoln
departed for her next voyage on 15 October 2004. The carrier was on a port call in Hong Kong when the 9.0-magnitude
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
struck southern Asia on 26 December 2004. To help with the international relief effort and assist with search and rescue efforts already underway,
Abraham Lincoln
deployed to the hard-hit western coast of
Sumatra
to provide humanitarian assistance. The deployment was designated
Operation Unified Assistance
.
[16]
Abraham Lincoln
'
s Air Transportation Office coordinated the flow of supplies into the region, and the carrier provided air traffic control for the relief effort.
[17]
[18]
Sailors from
Abraham Lincoln
'
s Engineering Department Repair Division designed a potable water manifold to help bring fresh water to Aceh Province, Sumatra, with the system beginning to ship the much-needed fresh water on 4 January.
[19]
In total,
Carrier Strike Group Three
delivered 5,929,000 pounds (2,689,000 kg) of relief and humanitarian supplies, including 2,915,500 pounds (1,322,400 kg) of food and 748,410 pounds (339,470 kg) of medical supplies, during Operation Unified Assistance.
[20]
Carrier Strike Group Three received the
Humanitarian Service Medal
in recognition of its
humanitarian assistance
/
disaster response
(HA/DR) efforts during the OUA mission.
[21]
In mid-January 2005, the carrier left
Indonesian
waters after the Indonesian government refused to allow fighter pilots assigned to
Abraham Lincoln
to conduct air patrols and training flights. By law, US carrier-based pilots must practice at least once every two to three weeks to remain "fit", otherwise they are grounded. Despite the move into international waters,
Abraham Lincoln
continued to provide support to the region until 4 February. During the carrier's 33 days on station, she, along with her battle group,
Carrier Strike Group Nine
delivered 5.7 million pounds of relief supplies. The 17
helicopters
assigned to HSL-47 Saberhawks and HS-2 "Golden Falcons", attached to CVW-2 flew 1,747 relief missions along the western coast of Sumatra. The carrier's departure coincided with the arrival of the hospital ship
Mercy
.
Between 7 March ? 27 May 2005,
Abraham Lincoln
underwent a docking planned incremental availability yard overhaul at
Naval Station Everett
, Washington, and following subsequent sustainment training, the carrier underwent an additional planned incremental availability at NS Everett between 28 June and 26 August 2005.
[22]
Between 1 and 23 June 2005,
Abraham Lincoln
and Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) trained in the northern Pacific, conducting their quarterly Integrated Strike Group (ISG) Sustainment Training cycle.
[22]
[23]
Abraham Lincoln
carried out surge sustainment training for the Fleet Response Plan, fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications, and Joint Task Force Exercise 2005 in southern Californian waters between 19 October and 16 November 2005.
[22]
[24]
[25]
For JTFEX-05,
Abraham Lincoln
and Carrier Air Wing Two were joined by the guided-missile cruiser
Mobile Bay
; the guided-missile destroyers
Russell
and
Shoup
, and
Carrier Strike Group Seven
led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
USS
Ronald Reagan
.
[22]
[26]
On 18 December 2006,
Abraham Lincoln
left the dry dock at the shipyard ahead of schedule and under budget. The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility completed ship tank maintenance in less than half the scheduled time. In 89 days, 18 tanks were completed. The Tank Value Stream Team achieved this by partnering with Ship's Force and the
Abraham Lincoln
Project Team. While in dry dock, the whole ship was painted by the crew at nights and on weekends rather than waiting for contractors to do the job.
[27]
On 5 January 2006, the carrier
Abraham Lincoln
departed her homeport of Everett, Washington, and transited to San Diego, California, for a scheduled underway period to undertake sustainment training exercises and post-refit inspection by the US Navy's
Board of Inspection and Survey
.
Abraham Lincoln
completed her additional sustainment training in southern Californian waters 21?24 February 2006.
[28]
[29]
The refit was completed on 26 March 2007, when Rear Adm.
Scott R. Van Buskirk
assumed command of Carrier Strike Group Nine from Rear Adm. Bill Goodwin.
On 29 August 2006, the carrier
Abraham Lincoln
arrived at
Naval Base Kitsap
in
Bremerton, Washington
, and on 8 September 2006, the carrier entered Dry Dock No. 6 at the
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility
to begin a scheduled Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) yard maintenance period.
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Major projects for this DPIA included the refurbishment of ship tanks, work on three of the four catapults, modernization of navigation systems, resurfacing of the flight deck, and updates to the ship's
local area network
.
Abraham Lincoln
also received installation of the
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
system, which improved the ship's close-range defensive capabilities.
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On 18 December 2008,
Abraham Lincoln
left dry dock ahead of schedule and under budget because the PSNS and IMF yard teams were able to cut the time of ship tank maintenance by more than half, completing 18 tanks in 89 days.
[35]
The aircraft carrier
Abraham Lincoln
held a fast cruise from the pier from 23 to 25 June and left Puget Sound on 26 June to conduct sea trials before returning to her homeport of Naval Station Everett, Washington, on 30 June 2007.
[32]
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[38]
Abraham Lincoln
underwent flight deck carrier qualifications while sailing in southern Californian waters 12?15 July 2007. F/A-18E Super Hornets and F/A-18C Hornets from strike squadrons VFA-137 and VFA-151 joined
VX-23
test pilots performed precision approach drills to ensure that the ship's equipment, such as the Precision Approach Landing System, operated within close tolerances, with SH-60B Seahawks from squadron HS-2 providing search and rescue capabilities during flight operations.
[32]
[39]
On 20 August 2007,
Abraham Lincoln
and embarked
Carrier Air Wing Two
completed their 25-day Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) and Final Evaluation Problem (FEP) training period off southern California. TSTA is designed to prepare the ship and crew for full integration into a carrier strike group, and FEP is a graded 48-hour evolution to evaluate how well the units learned during TSTA.
Abraham Lincoln
and embarked CVW-2 aircraft conducted over 1,000 fixed-wing sorties.
Abraham Lincoln
completed five replenishments-at-sea evolutions, including two with the
fleet replenishment oiler
Henry J. Kaiser
, and participated in 18 general quarters (GQ) drills. Also, on 13 August,
Abraham Lincoln
tested her defensive capabilities when she fired four
RIM-7P NATO Sea Sparrow missiles
, with two of them at
BQM-74E Chukar remote-operated aerial target drones
.
[32]
[40]
Carrier Strike Group Nine's
Composite Unit Training Exercise
featured 24 sailors from Mobile Security Squadron 2 (MSRON-2), Helicopter Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Team 1, a first for West Coast-based U.S. Navy ships. MSRON-2 Team 1 specializes in boarding noncompliant ships at sea in the dead of night, detaining the crew if necessary, and identifying suspected terrorists or subjects of interest, using the element of surprise afforded by helicopter insertion, night vision equipment, and state-of-the-art biometrics. MSRON-2 Team 1 was established in 2004 at
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
in
Portsmouth, Virginia
, and it was the first team of its kind to reach operational status.
[41]
Also, on 11 November 2007, an HH-60H Seahawk helicopter from squadron HS-2 crashed while operating from the ship about 100 miles (160 km) from San Diego. Rescuers successfully pulled all seven crewmembers from the water.
[32]
Between 3 and 30 January 2008, Carrier Strike Group Nine conducted antisubmarine exercises and Joint Task Force Exercise 03-08 (JTFEx 03?08) off southern California. On 16 January,
Secretary of the Navy
Donald C. Winter
visited the strike group's flagship,
Abraham Lincoln
. On 20 January, a
NATO Boeing E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft
was deployed from
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
, Germany, with a multinational crew aboard for JTFEx 03?08, defended Carrier Strike Group Nine from a simulated air attack (30 January).
[42]
[43]
Abraham Lincoln
began a planned incremental availability maintenance cycle at the
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
in Bremerton, Washington, on 16 April 2009.
[44]
The objective of this cycle is to refurbish
Abraham Lincoln
'
s shipboard system to meet the anticipated 50-year service life of the ship, including an upgraded local area network system.
[45]
[46]
Beginning 1 December 2009,
Abraham Lincoln
began daily flying squad, general quarters, and integrated training team drills in preparation for her first underway period following the ship's current maintenance cycle.
[47]
2010
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On 13 January 2010, the carrier completed upgrades and repair that cost $250 million at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The carrier was to be assigned to
Carrier Strike Group Nine
. On 3 February 2011, the ship was awarded the
Battle Effectiveness Award
for high standards of excellence and combat readiness.
[48]
On 9 December 2010, the US Navy officially announced that
Naval Station Everett
, Washington, was the new homeport for
USS
Nimitz
, replacing
Abraham Lincoln
, which would be undergoing a scheduled refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) at the
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Newport News shipyard
in Virginia, which is slated to begin in 2013.
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2011
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On 1 March 2011, the news media reported that the US Navy had awarded Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Newport News a US$206.7 million option under a previously awarded contract to plan
Abraham Lincoln
'
s RCOH.
[51]
The planning contract covered the design, documentation, engineering, advanced material procurement, inspections, fabrication, and support work for
Abraham Lincoln
'
s RCOH, with more than 1,000 employees supporting this planning phase. Additional funding for the RCOH was pending the passage of the
U.S. Department of Defense
's Fiscal Year 2011 budget appropriations by the
U.S. Congress
. Upon authorization,
Abraham Lincoln
'
s RCOH was anticipated to begin in 2013, and is scheduled to take between three and four years to complete at an estimated overall cost of US$3 billion.
[49]
[52]
On 1 August 2011, the US Navy announced that
Abraham Lincoln
would shift homeport from Everett, Washington, to
Newport News, Virginia
, for a scheduled RCOH in August 2012.
[53]
The ship departed Everett for the deployment that would take the carrier around the world to Newport News in December 2011.
2012
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From 6?10 January, accompanied by guided missile cruiser
Cape St. George
,
Abraham Lincoln
visited the
Gulf of Thailand
port of
Laem Chabang
.
[54]
During the visit,
Singapore
-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia (
GDMA
) provided husbanding services, for which the Navy was billed $884,000. In November 2013, federal prosecutors charged that the Navy had been overbilled more than $500,000.
[55]
On 22 January 2012, the US Navy announced that
Abraham Lincoln
had entered the Persian Gulf "without incident." The deployment through the Straits of Hormuz came at a time of escalating tensions with Iran.
Abraham Lincoln
, accompanied by a strike group of warships, was the first U.S. aircraft carrier to enter the
Persian Gulf
since late December 2011 and was on a "routine rotation" to replace the outgoing
USS
John C. Stennis
.
The departure of
John C. Stennis
prompted Iranian army chief
Ataollah Salehi
to threaten action if another carrier passed back into the Persian Gulf, saying, "I recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf. ... We are not in the habit of warning more than once,"
[56]
The US dismissed the warning.
[57]
In June, the actors, crew and producers of the film,
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
attended an unconventional preview screening for the over eighteen hundred sailors aboard the namesake vessel of the 16th president. The event marked the first time a major motion picture had its debut screening for troops deployed in the Middle East.
[58]
[59]
Abraham Lincoln
transited the
Suez Canal
northbound on 16 July 2012
[60]
and the
Strait of Gibraltar
on 26 July 2012 en route to the United States. On 7 August 2012,
Abraham Lincoln
arrived at Norfolk Naval Station following an eight-month deployment to the US Navy's 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility, in preparation for the
Refueling and Complex Overhaul
(RCOH) at Newport News.
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2013
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On 8 February 2013, the
U.S. Department of Defense
announced that the scheduled mid-life Refueling and Complex Overhaul intended for
Abraham Lincoln
would be postponed pending the resolution of the upcoming
budget sequestration
. This budget shortfall would not only affect
Abraham Lincoln
'
s refueling of her nuclear propulsion plant, but it would also delay the next scheduled mid-life complex overhaul involving
George Washington
forward-based in
Yokosuka, Japan
, as well as the de-fueling of the recently deactivated
Enterprise
.
[62]
By March 2013 Naval ship maintenance and overhaul budget issues had been addressed enough such that
Abraham Lincoln
'
s RCOH had been confirmed and the ship was made ready to tow over to
Newport News Shipbuilding
. By mid-March she had been towed over and docked, and the RCOH work had begun.
2014
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On 3 October 2014, Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding said that its workers had transferred a 30-ton anchor from
Enterprise
, the Navy's first and oldest nuclear carrier, to be installed aboard
Abraham Lincoln
during that week.
[63]
The transfer was a result of an anchor replacement on
Abraham Lincoln
coinciding with the withdrawal of
Enterprise
, preserving the anchor rather than it being
scrapped
with the rest of the ship.
2017
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On 9 May 2017,
Abraham Lincoln
got underway for sea trials, following the four-year refueling and complex overhaul. More than 2.5 million man-hours of work were conducted aboard the ship, including refueling the reactors, upgrading ship's infrastructure and modernizing combat systems and air wing capabilities to increase combat effectiveness.
[64]
On 12 May 2017,
Abraham Lincoln
was redelivered to the fleet.
[65]
On 8 September 2017
Abraham Lincoln
was deployed with
USS
Iwo Jima
and
USS
New York
to provide aid to Florida following the
Hurricane Irma
disaster.
[66]
[67]
The vessels joined
USS
Farragut
already on station.
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2018
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On 2 August 2018, it was announced that
Abraham Lincoln
would return to San Diego as part of a home port shift for three carriers, thus returning her to the Pacific Fleet.
[69]
At the end of August 2018,
VFA-125
began operating from
Abraham Lincoln
as an integrated part of
CVW-7
, the first time that the
F-35C
had operated integrated cyclic operations, simulating the full spectrum of planned operations.
[70]
Also in August, a movie crew was aboard filming flight deck operations and flying sequences for the sequel
Top Gun: Maverick
off the coast of Virginia.
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2019
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On 1 April 2019,
Abraham Lincoln
and
Carrier Strike Group 12
departed Norfolk for a six-month deployment that will end with a shifting of homeport to
San Diego
.
[74]
On 9 April she arrived in the
United States Sixth Fleet
area of operations, where she would operate in the
Mediterranean Sea
before proceeding to the Persian Gulf, then the
Indian Ocean
and the
South China Sea
, before heading across the Pacific Ocean to her new homeport in San Diego.
[75]
On 5 May 2019 this deployment was diverted to the
Middle East
due to tensions with
Iran
[76]
and headed to the Persian Gulf. Her transit was expedited by omitting a port visit to
Split, Croatia
.
[77]
On 23 April 2019,
Abraham Lincoln
was reported to have operated simultaneously along with
John C. Stennis
in the Mediterranean Sea, the two carrier strike groups' operations including more than 130 aircraft, 10 ships, and 9,000 sailors and marines, according to the press release published by the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/US 6th Fleet.
[78]
The operations were observed from the aircraft carrier by
U.S. Ambassador to Russia
,
Jon Huntsman
and Admiral
James Foggo
, commander,
U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa
and
Joint Force Command Naples
.
[78]
While aboard, Huntsman said: "Diplomatic communication and dialogue coupled with the strong defense these ships provide demonstrate to Russia that if it truly seeks better relations with the United States, it must cease its destabilizing activities around the world."
[78]
[79]
In October 2019, it was revealed that
Abraham Lincoln
'
s Middle East deployment would be extended due to an electrical malfunction on
USS
Harry S Truman
.
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2020
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Abraham Lincoln
arrived in her new homeport in San Diego on 20 January following a record-breaking 295 days at sea, the longest post-
Cold War
era deployment for a US carrier, breaking her own record in the process.
[81]
On 18 December, the Navy announced Captain
Amy Bauernschmidt
would take command of
Abraham Lincoln
in following summer of 2021, the first time a woman will command an aircraft carrier.
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2021
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Captain
Amy Bauernschmidt
, who previously served as the carrier's executive officer from 2016 to 2019, relieved Captain Walt Slaughter at a change of command ceremony in San Diego on 19 August.
[83]
On 31 August, an
MH-60S Knighthawk
helicopter, embarked aboard
Abraham Lincoln
, crashed into the Pacific Ocean at approximately 4:30pm (
PST
) while conducting routine flight operations, approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km) off the coast of San Diego. Five crew members were killed while one was rescued during subsequent search and rescue operations.
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2022
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On 4 January,
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314
(VMFA-314) became the first Marine Corps F-35C squadron to be deployed on an aircraft carrier.
[86]
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[88]
On 21 May,
Abraham Lincoln
steamed into
Tokyo Bay
to relieve
USS
Ronald Reagan
.
[89]
The
Abraham Lincoln
carrier strike group is scheduled to participate in
RIMPAC
2022.
[90]
On 11 November,
Abraham Lincoln
hosted a college basketball game on her deck between
Gonzaga University
and
Michigan State University
,
[91]
won 64?63 by Gonzaga.
[92]
The carrier suffered a minor fire that injured 9 sailors on 29 November. The cause is unknown and an investigation was launched.
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Gallery
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Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.
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USS
Abraham Lincoln
carrier battle group during the RIMPAC exercises on 20 June 2000.
-
Abraham Lincoln
sailing in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2004.
-
Abraham Lincoln
sailing in the Gulf of Alaska as part of the "Northern Edge" Joint Training Exercise.
-
Abraham Lincoln
in San Diego Bay, 2011.
See also
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References
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