USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)

The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. It is the second Navy ship to have been named after former President Abraham Lincoln. Its home port is Norfolk, Virginia, and it is a member of the United States Atlantic Fleet. It is administratively responsible to Commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic, and operationally served as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine and host to Carrier Air Wing Two until 2012. It was returned to the fleet on May 12th 2017, marking the successful completion of its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) carried out at Newport News Shipyard.

Abraham Lincoln 's contract was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding on December 27th, 1982; its keel was laid November 3rd, 1984 at Newport News, Virginia. The ship was launched on February 13th, 1988 and commissioned on November 11th, 1989. It cost $4.726 billion in 2010 dollars.

In late 2004, the Abraham Lincoln would take part in relief efforts in the aftermath of the Boxing Day Tsunami.

On June 28th 2005, the Abraham Lincoln would be one of the USN ships taking part in the 2005 International Naval Review along with the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, amphibious assault USS Saipan and battleship USS Wisconsin.

In mid-2014, the Abraham Lincoln was in the Eastern Mediterranean alongside the Canadian aircraft carrier Warrior and French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.

In April 2023, Abraham Lincoln would perform an airplane swap with the recently commissioned aircraft carrier Magnificent.