USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)
Abraham Lincoln travelling on the surface | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Namesake | Abraham Lincoln |
| Ordered | 30 July 1958 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 1 November 1958 |
| Launched | 14 May 1960 |
| Sponsored by | Mary L. Beckwith |
| Commissioned | 11 March 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1981 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1982 |
| Fate | Recycled via Submarine recycling 10 May 1994 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | George Washington-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 381.6 ft (116.3 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
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| Range | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Test depth | 700 ft (210 m) |
| Complement | Two crews (Blue/Gold) each consisting of 12 officers and 100 enlisted |
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USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), a George Washington-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States (1861–1865), the first being USS President Lincoln (1907).
Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery, Maine, on 1 November 1958. She was launched on 14 May 1960 sponsored by Mary L. Beckwith (great-granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln), and commissioned on 8 March 1961 with Commander Leonard Erb commanding the Blue Crew and Commander Donald M. Miller commanding the Gold Crew.