Write two lines about the crew on Abraham Lincoln
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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is the second Navy ship to have been named after the former President Abraham Lincoln. Her home port is NAS North Island,[4] and she is a member of the United States Pacific Fleet. She is administratively responsible to Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, and operationally served as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine and host to Carrier Air Wing Two until 2012. She was returned to the fleet on 12 May 2017, marking the successful completion of her refueling and complex overhaul carried out at Newport News Shipyard. On 1 April 2019 USS Abraham Lincoln was deployed to the Middle East as the flagship for Carrier Strike Group 12 and Carrier Air Wing Seven assigned to her.
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 underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 January 2019
History
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(s):
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:
104,300 long tons (116,800 short tons)[1][2][3]
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
& 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 helicopte