USS Abraham Lincoln

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth 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, San Diego, California; she is a member of the United States Pacific Fleet. She is administratively responsible to Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, and operationally serves as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3 and host to Carrier Air Wing Nine. She was returned to the fleet on 12 May 2017, marking the successful completion of her Refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) 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. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Abraham Lincoln is part of Carrier Strike Group Three (CSG-3) with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) embarked, with Abraham Lincoln as the flagship of the strike group and the home of the commander of Destroyer Squadron 21. Ships of Destroyer Squadron 21 – – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Squadrons of CVW-9 Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41) "Black Aces" with Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets Strike Fighter Squadron 14 (VFA-14) "Tophatters" with F/A-18E Super Hornets Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 (VMFA-314) "Black Knights" with Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning IIs Strike Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA-151) "Vigilantes" with F/A-18E Super Hornets Electronic Attack Squadron 133 (VAQ-133) "Wizards" with Boeing EA-18G Growlers Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 (VAW-117) "Wallbangers" with Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeyes Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 14 (HSC-14) "Chargers" with Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawks Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 71 (HSM-71) "Raptors" with MH-60R Seahawks Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 Detachment 2 (VRM-30) "Titans" with Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey