Friday, January 16, 2009

USS Lincoln cvn photos


Oahu - the USS Abraham Lincoln in port for RimPac


U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, docked at Pearl Harbor.
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) PACIFIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) steams in the western Pacific Ocean. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

stern view of aircraft carrier cvn 72
Indian Ocean (September 5, 2008)- USS Abraham Lincoln(CVN 72) underway in the Indian Ocean sail in formation alongside Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) and Ticonderoga-classguided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). The USS Abraham LincolnStrike Group is returning from a scheduled 7 month deployment in theU.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility

USS Abraham Lincoln anchored in the Royal Roads waterway in Victoria
Arriving in Pearl Harbor CVN 72


At home port Everett Naval Station

specification
max displacement 104112 tons full
dimensions
Length: 1,092 feet
Beam: 252 feet
Draught: Maximum 37 feet
crew Ship's company: 3,200
Air wing: 2,480
weapons: 3 Sea Sparrow, 4 Phalanx CIWS,
2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile infrared homing surface-to-air missile
90 Aircraft

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