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The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is an aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. It is the second ship to have the name Abraham Lincoln.[1] It is also the fifth ship in the Nimitz class line of aircraft carriers.[1]

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 January 2019 (190130-N-PW716-1312).JPG
Abraham Lincoln in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 January 2019
Career (United States)
Namesake: Abraham Lincoln
Awarded: 27 December 1982
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down: 3 November 1984
Launched: 13 February 1988
Sponsored by: JoAnn K. Webb
Christened: 13 February 1988
Commissioned: 11 November 1989
Motto: Shall Not Perish
Nickname: Abe, Black Pearl
Status: In active service, as of 2019
Badge: CVN-72 Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 104,112 long tons (105,783 t)
Length:
  • Overall: 1,092 ft (332.8 m)
  • Waterline: 1,040 ft (317.0 m)
Beam:
  • Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
  • Draft:
  • Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m)
  • Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
  • Propulsion:
  • 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
  • 4 × steam turbines
  • 4 × shafts
  • 260,000 shp (190,000 kW)
  • Speed: Over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
    Range: Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
    Complement:
    • Ship's company: 3,200
    • Air wing: 2,480
    Sensors and
    processing systems:
  • AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
  • AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar
  • AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radar
  • AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar
  • AN/SPN-41 landing aid radar
  • 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
  • 4 × Mk 95 radars
  • Electronic warfare
    and decoys:
  • SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
  • SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
  • Armament:
  • 2 × Mk 57 Mod 3 Sea Sparrow
  • 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
  • 2 × Phalanx CIWS
  • Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters

    USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Media

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 "About Us - USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)". United States Navy. Retrieved 2025-09-20.