USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)
Abraham Lincoln travelling on the surface
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Abraham Lincoln |
Ordered | 30 July 1958[1] |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard[1] |
Laid down | 1 November 1958 |
Launched | 14 May 1960 |
Sponsored by | Mary L. Beckwith |
Commissioned | 11 March 1961[1] |
Decommissioned | 28 February 1981[1] |
Stricken | 1 December 1982 |
Fate | Recycled via Submarine recycling 10 May 1994 |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | George Washington-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 381.6 ft (116.3 m)[1] |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m)[1] |
Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | unlimited except by food supplies |
Test depth | 700 ft (210 m)[1] |
Complement | Two crews (Blue/Gold) each consisting of 12 officers and 100 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), a
Her
Atlantic operations
Abraham Lincoln got underway on 20 March 1961 for shakedown and weapons testing at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and returned to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 1 June for post-shakedown repairs. She left Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 17 July 1961 to return briefly to Cape Canaveral for further testing and then proceeded to Charleston, South Carolina, for a final loadout. Abraham Lincoln subsequently got underway on 28 August 1961 as a unit of SUBRON 14. She arrived at Holy Loch, Scotland, in October 1961. She underwent a refit alongside submarine tender USS Proteus during November 1961 and, upon its completion, commenced her first deterrent patrol.
A highlight of this period occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. Abraham Lincoln was in the middle of a scheduled four-week upkeep period when she received orders to deploy. She departed in short order and successfully carried out a 65-day patrol.
On 13 October 1965, Abraham Lincoln arrived at
This work was completed on 3 June 1967, and Abraham Lincoln returned to her base at Holy Loch and resumed her schedule of deterrent patrols. She continued the pattern of alternating patrols with periods of upkeep alongside either submarine tender
In early March 1972, Abraham Lincoln departed for the United States and arrived at
Pacific operations
The extensive overhaul was completed in December 1973. After shakedown in the areas around
Deactivation, decommissioning, and disposal
Abraham Lincoln completed her last patrol in October 1979 and arrived at
Abraham Lincoln was
Part of the sail from Abraham Lincoln was used to replace the damaged sail on USS George Washington after its collision with Nissho Maru. This sail is on display at the Submarine Force Library and Museum, near Groton.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "SSBN-598 George Washington-Class FBM Submarines" from the FAS
- ^ Emerson, Jason (14 April 2021). "Lincoln's Descendant Disliked Her Famous Heritage". JasonEmerson.com (Lincoln Historian). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
On May 14, 1960, the new ballistic-missile, nuclear-powered submarine Abraham Lincoln was launched from Portsmouth, N.H. Mary Lincoln Beckwith, dressed uncharacteristically in a blue and white polka dot dress, white gloves, white hat, and a pearl necklace, broke a bottle of champagne on the bow and christened the ship. How impressed she was by the occasion is found in her diary, in which she recorded that night: "Cloudy a.m. Sun out p.m. Broke bottle on boat. So home to bed." "Mary Lincoln Beckwith died July 10, 1975 in Rutland, Vt., from colon cancer at the age of seventy-seven. She never married or had any children."
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.