Official CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln 2022 Cruise Patches — The Ship That Made History Again Under the First Woman to Command a Nuclear Carrier
From the Persian Gulf to the Indo-Pacific, the Lincoln has been holding the line since 1989.
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, commissioned on November 11, 1989, at Norfolk, Virginia, and named for the 16th President of the United States. Homeported at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, the Lincoln serves as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3 and host to Carrier Air Wing Nine. The Lincoln's service record reads like a timeline of American naval power projection over the past three decades. She was the first aircraft carrier to integrate female aviators after the Combat Exclusion Laws were lifted in 1993. She flew air patrols over Mogadishu in support of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia that same year. She supported Operations Southern Watch and Vigilant Sentinel in the Persian Gulf, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom after September 11, and participated in the opening strikes of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. On January 3, 2022, the Lincoln departed San Diego on a historic deployment under the command of Captain Amy Bauernschmidt — the first woman to command a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy history. The 2022 deployment took the Lincoln and her strike group to the Indo-Pacific region, where the ship participated in exercises and operations aimed at maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. This 2022 cruise patch commemorates that landmark deployment — a cruise that added another chapter to a ship whose history stretches from Desert Storm to the South China Sea.
Perfect For: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Sailors and veterans, 2022 deployment crew members, Carrier Strike Group 3 and CVW-9 personnel, and anyone who served aboard the Lincoln during one of the most historic cruises in modern carrier aviation.
