Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Naval Cruise Book

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..,.,---1.-x.-..-v---. ..- .,..f- -.,,....,..- --..., --.---e,--1,..,Q? -- - Lincoln Packing Heat After 1 Indian Island Onload USS Abraham Lincoln CCVN 721 got under- way from its homeport of Everett, Wash., on Oct. 15, for a scheduled weapons on-load at Naval Magazine Indian Island. After a three-hour transit across Puget Sound, the ship moored at Indian Island and Sailors from Weapons Department went to work almost immediately bringing aboard ord- nance. ' We,re receiving over three million pounds i October 16, 2007 safety observersf' 0 As always when handling live ordnance, safety was paramount during the on-load. Smoking, cell phone use, and any other activi- ties that could cause a sparkthroughout the ship were not allowed. Additionally most of Lincoln's hangar bay was cordoned off to pre- vent any traffic conflicts between Sailors transit- ing the ship and Sailors working to .bring aboard ordnance. e I A e of ordnance, from missiles to small arms am- For the hardworkingrmen and women of Officer Lt. William Donals. . Basically, every- y miggilegt and thing we need for cruise as well as our Work. S n . allotment we'll be taking on boardover the is going ghoott 'Welty-,omoying a I-iHC0ln'S hangar bay was 21111112 With Brown, who spent oct. 15. ity as forklift drivers moved more than n 1,700 pallets gf ofdnoa11Ce10nt0 . A pallets of bombs, missiles, and other ammuni- long hours, but We grab tion from aircraft elevators, where theyiswere A 'ii' A ii then geto.Lhoo15i11tol,it,?' . being loaded aboard by crane, to staging areas t I I ..... U SiSAbraham Lincgln is home I in Lincoln's hangar bay. Ordnance was then as not-t of a Sehednled inglnrle placed on weapons elevators and moved tothe Contnosite Training Unit Exetetse 'l,r --fi 1 on 1 ' ship's magazines below deck for inspection and CCQMPTUEXL en exercise to enhance stowage' , the cohesive quarries smke.group.-- We have the entire Weapons Department t ,,,. i1-- Q I so It I I . W01'kil'1g CIIIICI' l'lCI'C, l1'1 Il'lS hangar bay, 01' dgwn 0 . f 'i-l livi f 3 -tii 5 eli' in ,I 1' ' 'V below in the magazines, said Donals. We I also have Air Department providing frre protec- n t,.., geg2T43i11j1,fgf 1 - I r 4 tion in the hangar bay and conflagfistations and . A A A I l i V SECIUITY and Safety departments providing BIIICSAI EVZIH 24 - J , gg .-:V.:,v-,,- - . 1 gf ..,,

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Lunooln Departs Naval Statton Everett After 18 months of preparatrons and ant1c1pat1on, USS Abraham Lrncoln QCVN 72D pulled rn the moorrng lrnes for the las t1me March 13 1n Everett, Wash , for overseas deployment As the Hagshrp of Carrter Strike Group 9 CCCSG9l Lrncoln began IIS seven-month deployment to support the light rn the Global War on Terrorrsm CCSG9 wrll be transrtrng across the Pac1f1c Qcean and 1nto the Persran Gulf where they wrll be matn tarnrng securrty ofthe rnternattonal sea lanes to support free trade as well as assrst any nearby countrres that may be 1n need As of now no major exercrses are sched uled for the strrke group Lrncolns opera t1ons officer Cmdr Mrchael Buchanan sa1d CCSP 9 may attempt to swap person nel from Lrncolns strrke group w1th other coal1t1on forces Though theres no plan made just yet leadershrp has expressed rnterest 1n tempo rarrly prov1d1ng Satlors ofhcers and enl1sted to other nearby shrps that also provrde us wrth Satlors of srmrlar job Held It headed to Bremerton, Wash , for a nrne month dry dock Planned Incremental Avarlabrlrty where many of the shrpas systems were rmproved Afterwards, Ltncoln spent erght months conductrng crew and carrrer trarnrng and qualrhcatrons wrth Carrrer Arr Wrng Two and the rest of CCSG9 off the coast of San Drego Calrf Slhrs trarnrng provtded us the abrlrty to become more eH ect1ve and efhcrent Buchanan sard It allowed the crew to demonstrate the full combat capabtlrty of the shrp and tram to the expected tasks durmg thrs deployment Buchanan sa1d 'lhough the rdea IS subject As Lrncoln was preparrng to depart to Change It would grve our Sarlors and Navy famrlres gathered on the prer where other forergn Sarlors the opportunrty to Capt Pamek H311 Llncolns eommandmg learn how each others all1ed counterparts officer reassured them that even though lt Wogk may be a sad trme for many of them therr 11106 L1HC0lH fCfL1r11CCl from tts prevrous beloved Sarlors have commttted to a worthy deployment rn August 2006 the crew never stopped preparrng for the next one cause and the1r sacrrfice wrll not go unrec ognrzed