Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CCVN 725 is America's fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The ship was named in honor of our nationis sixteenth president and is the second ship in the U.S. Navy to bear his name. The ballistic missile submarine USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CSSBN 6025 was in service from 1961 through 1981. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S keel was laid November 3, 1984 at Newport News, VA. Four years later the ship was christened and began a series of performance trials leading up to itas commissioning on November 1 1, 1989 at Norfolk, VA. After completing shakedown and acceptance trials, ABRAHAM LINCOLN departed Norfolk in September 1990 for an interfleet transfer from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The ship completed a transit around South America with the Naval forces of several South American countries including Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. On May 28, 1991, ABRAHAM LINCOLN made it's maiden Western Pacific deployment nearly four months ahead of schedule in response to Operation DESERT SHIEILXDESERT STORM While en route to the Indian Ocean the ship was diverted to support evacuation operations after the eruption of Mt Pinatubo on Luzon Island Republic of the Philippines Operation FIERY VIGIL became the largest peacetime evacuation of active duty military personnel and family members in history ABRAPLALM LINCOLN led a twenty three ship armada that moved nearly 45 OOO people from the Subic Bay Naval Station to the Jisayas Province port of Cebu 9

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With Operation FIERY VIGIL completed, the ship took up station in the Ara- bian Gulf in support of allied and U.S. troops remaining in the region for Operation DESERT STORM. CVW-ll, the embarked air Wing, provided air combat patrol, reconnaissance,1010 and support air operations over Kuwait and Iraq. ABRAHAM LINCOLN remained in the Gulf for more than three months. The ship spent early l992 in a selected restricted availability QSRAJ at Naval Air Station Alameda. It deployed again June 15, l993 for the Western Pacific. After a brief port visit to Hong Kong, it returned to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, the U.N.-sanctioned enforcement of a uno-fly zone over Southern Iraq. In October l993, ABRAHAM LINCOLN was ordered to the coast of Somalia to assist U.N. humanitarian operations. The carrier spent four Weeks flying patrols over the city of Mogadishu and surrounding areas backing American ground troops during Operation RESTORE HOPE. After returning from deployment in December 1993 ABRAHAM LINCOLN spent several months in SRA and prepared for the next deployment ln April 1995 ABRAHAM LINCOLN departed on its third Western Pacific deployment The ship made visits to Hong Kong and Singapore on the Way to the Arabian Gulf ln the Gulf ABRAHAM LINCOLN lent su rtt O t SOUTH- ERN WATCH in response to renewed Ira i mil t ppo O pew lon ' U Q Cl 1 ary posturing The Abraham Lin- coln Battle Group also participated in Operation VIGILANT SENTINEL