Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Naval Cruise Book

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Building a Great Ship The Abraham Lincoln is more than a float- ing war machine. It is a ship of the line: a ship with pride and personality; a ship second to none. Lincoln is the fifth Nimitz lass aircraft car- rier built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. The keel was laid on Novem- ber 3, 1984, and five years and one week later it was commissioned. Building an aircraft carrier is a mammoth undertaking. Some 30.000 shipyard employees in- vested approximately 40 million man-hours into CVN-72. Lincoln was built using a process called modular construction. As with building blocks, the ship was constructed by sections - modules - which were taken to the drydock and put into place. The advantage of such construction is it gives shipyard workers easier access to that section of the ship to install (pre-outfit) electrical equip- ment, machinery, ducts and piping. After the modules were pre-outfitted, they were lifted by the 900-ton capacity ganuy crane and placed into the drydock, then welded together to form the ship. Throughout Lincoln ' s construction, the shipyard concentrated on developing larger and more fijlly pre-outfitted modules. This was an im- proved construction technique learned from build- ing previous Nimitz-class carriers. Extensive pre- outfitting aboard Lincoln - far more than on previ- ous carriers - included installation of firemain and drain piping, major wireway trunks, ventilation coamings, foundations and ladders. When Abraham Lincoln was commis- sioned on November 1 1 , 1989, it was a time of mixed emotions at Newport News. It was a time to celebrate - the culmination of everyone ' s effort brought into the fleet the finest ship ever built. Yet. for many employees, it was a solemn event It was time to say good-bye to an old friend. For the ship ' s crew, it was the beginning of the Lincoln Legend.

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ti Lawrence M. Harvey Safety LCDR Robert J. Ross 3-M LCDR Glenn R. Tyson raining LCDR Ray Ramirez Weapons IR Frank R. Severance Combat Systems LCDR James B. Norman Legal CAPT Kenneth R. Lardie Marine Detachment LCDR Mark S. Sassaman Deck LCDR Charles D. Threatt Communications LT George M. Schott Administration

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fikMrJ- ' OD) crane CONSTRUCTION SETTING NEW STANDARDS IN SHIPBUILDING