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ReutersThe Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Indian Ocean in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated January 18, 2012. The carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran b

dapdIn this photo taken Dec. 16, 2011 and released by U.S. Navy, its aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits through the Pacific Ocean. Lincoln, underway on deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility, is changing homeports

NAVY VISUAL NEWS SERVICEThe aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, the fast combat support ship USS Bridge, center, and the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton, right, participate in a resupply operation while deployed in the Arabian Gulf Thursday, April 10, 2003

EPAepa01498096 A picture made available 23 September 2008 shows pilots of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Regan as they prepare for flights in the Gulf of Oman on 22 September 2008. The carrier 60+ strong air-wing had been focusing its aer

EPAepa02403293 A photograph distributed by the Navy Visual News Service on 20 October 2010 shows a F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Kestrels of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 launching from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during t

US NAVY VISUAL NEWS SERVICEThis image released by the US Navy Sunday Jan. 2, 2005 helicopters depart from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) enroute to Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. The helicopters are transporting supplies, bringing in disaster relief teams an

A E-2C Hawkeye arrives for a landing as flight deck crew prepare to recover the arresting wire on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) aircraft carrier in the Gulf, February 8, 2003. Nearly 200 launches and recoveries are scheduled today from the USS Ab

REUTERSA F-18 Super Hornet is launched from the deck of the U.S. Navy carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a day of Foal Eagle exercises off Ulsan, South Korea, March 30, 2006. About 25,000 U.S. troops and an undisclosed number of South Korean soldiers are

Flight deck crews are engulfed in steam as they signal to the pilot of an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet during preparations for take off from the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf March 14, 2003. The carriers Kitty Hawk, Abraham Lincoln and

dapdFILE - In this May 2, 2003 file photo, President George W. Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast. George W. Bush knows that history will shape his legacy mor