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| Awarded: | 30 July 1958 |
| Laid down: | 1 November 1958 |
| Launched: | 14 May 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 11 March 1961 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 1 December 1982 |
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| Displacement: | 5959 tons surfaced,
6709 tons submerged |
| Length: | 381.6 feet (116.3 m) |
| Beam: | 33 feet (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | |
| Powerplant: | S5W Reactor |
| Speed: | 16 knots surfaced,
22 knots submerged
(30, 41 km/h) |
| Depth: | 700 feet (210 m) |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 100 men, each in 2 crews |
| Armament: | 16 Polaris Missile tubes,
six 21-inch torpedo tubes |
, a
''George Washington''-class Submarine , was the first ship of the
United States Navy to be named for
The 16th President Of The United States .
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 Mrs. Mary L. Beckwith, and
Commissioned on
8 March 1961 with Commander Leonard Erb commanding the Blue Crew and Commander Donald M. Miller commanding the Gold Crew.
''Abraham Lincoln'' got underway on
20 March 1961 for shakedown and weapons testing at
Cape Canaveral, Florida , and returned to Portsmouth on
1 June for post-shakedown availability. She left Portsmouth on
17 July to return briefly to the Cape for further testing and then proceeded to
Charleston, South Carolina , for a final loadout. ''Abraham Lincoln'' subsequently got underway on
28 August as a unit of SubRon 14. She arrived at
Holy Loch ,
Scotland , in October. The submarine underwent a refit alongside
USS ''Proteus'' (AS-19) during November and, upon its completion, commenced her first deterrent patrol.
''Abraham Lincoln'' operated out of Holy Loch for the next four years. She alternated periods of upkeep at Holy Loch alongside ''Proteus'' or
USS ''Hunley'' (AS-31) with deterrent patrols from that port. A highlight of this period occurred during the
Cuban Missile Crisis of October
1962 . The submarine was in the middle of a scheduled four-week upkeep period when she received orders to deploy. ''Abraham Lincoln'' departed in short order and successfully carried out a 65-day patrol. On
13 October 1965 , ''Abraham Lincoln'' arrived at
Groton, Connecticut and entered the
Electric Boat yard located there on
25 October to begin an overhaul and refueling.
This work was completed on
3 June 1967 and the submarine 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
USS ''Simon Lake'' (AS-33) or
USS ''Canopus'' (AS-34) through
1972 . In early March of that year, ''Abraham Lincoln'' sailed for the
United States and arrived at
Naval Sub Base New London, Connecticut , on
25 April . she held two dependents' cruises before getting underway on
19 May for the West Coast to join the Pacific Fleet. ''Abraham Lincoln'' made a brief visit to
Fort Lauderdale, Florida , transited the
Panama Canal on
1 June , sailed to
Bangor, Washington , to offload her missiles, then pushed on to
San Francisco, California . On
25 June , ''Abraham Lincoln'' entered the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard at
Vallejo, California to commence overhaul and refueling.
The extensive overhaul was completed in December
1973 . After shakedown in the areas around
Puget Sound and
San Diego, California ''Abraham Lincoln'' transited the
Panama Canal on
1 June 1974 . She held tests and local operations at
Cape Canaveral and
Charleston, South Carolina . The submarine retransited the Canal on
26 July and sailed for her new home port,
Pearl Harbor ,
Hawaii , where she arrived on
10 September . The submarine continued on to her advanced base at
Guam , arriving on
18 October . She then began deterrent patrols from that island in the
Mariana Islands . During the next four years, the warship carried out deterrent patrols from Guam. She also participated in numerous tests and exercises. In
1977 , ''Abraham Lincoln'' became the first ballistic missile submarine to have conducted 50 strategic deterrent patrols.
''Abraham Lincoln'' completed her last patrol in October
1979 and arrived at
Bangor, Washington , on
30 October to commence offloading her missiles before beginning inactivation overhaul. Preparations for her retirement continued through
1980 and into
1981 . ''Abraham Lincoln'' was decommissioned on
28 February 1981 and stricken from the
Naval Vessel Register on
1 December 1982 . She was disposed of through the
Ship And Submarine Recycling Program on
10 May 1994 at the
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard .
See
USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' for other ships of the same name.
