Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Naval Cruise Book

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However, when the time was right, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation Uan. l, l 8631, turning the war into a crusade against slavery. With his immortal Gettysburg Ad- dress, Lincoln further defined the war as a struggle for the preser- vation ofthe democratic idea, de- fined by a ugovernment of the people, by the people, for the people. Abraham Lincoln served his country during one of its most bloody and trying times. As Commander in Chief, the victory of the Union over the Confed- eracy was his, and he had every right to treat the southern states with malice and contempt. In- stead, he treated them with dig- nity and honor, gladly accepting their return to the union. He did not view them as enemies, but as brothers. He did not exalt in their defeat, but glorified that the nation shall not perish. Abraham Lincohi will be for- ever remembered for his vital role as the leader who preserved the Union and began a process that led to the end of slavery in the United States. Master of both biblical eloquence and a home- spun vernacular, and a natural at combining practical politics with moral principles in just four short years as president Abraham Lincoln established why he IS one of the few Ameri cans who truly belongs to the ages

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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