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USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN-72)
USS Abraham Lincoln is the
fifth ship in the NIMITZ class.
General Characteristics:
Keel Laid: Nov. 3, 1984
Launched: Feb. 13, 1988
Commissioned: Nov. 11, 1989
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Co., Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: two nuclear
reactors
Main Engines: four
Propellers: four
Aircraft elevators: four
Catapults: four
Arresting gear cables: four
Length, overall: 1092 feet
(332,85 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 257 feet
(78,34 meters)
Area of flight deck: about
4,5 acres
Beam: 134 feet (40,84 meters)
Draft: 38,4 feet (11,7 meters)
Displacement: approx. 100,000
tons full load
Speed: 35 knots
Cost: about $3,5 billion
Planes: approx. 85
Crew: Ship: approx. 3,200
Air Wing: 2,480
Armament: three Mk 29 NATO
Sea Sparrow launchers, four 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
Homeport: Everett, Wash.
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