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