USS Abraham Lincoln to Rejoin US Fleet After 4-Year Overhaul

The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is expected to return to active duty within days after a four-year nuclear power plant refuel, a complete engineering overhaul and a successful fast cruise, the US Navy announced in a press release on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — For the last three months, the Abraham Lincoln’s crew has been conducting ship-wide drills, including situations when a service member is overboard and abandoning the ship as well as nuclear propulsion plant and fire casualty drills, the release explaiend.

"The fast cruise helped us to solidify team work and processes within our damage control, engineering and medical response teams as well as identify and repair any defects within our operating systems," the vessel’s training officer, Lt. Cmdr. Paul Henderson, said.

For the last three months, the Abraham Lincoln’s crew has been conducting ship-wide drills, including situations when a service member is overboard and abandoning the ship as well as nuclear propulsion plant and fire casualty drills, the release explaiend.

The aircraft carrier will spend another 25 years at sea, according to the release.

The US Navy does not typically announce ahead of port departure the destination or what area of operation an aircraft carrier will be assigned, according to US Defense Department officials.