U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln
SSBN-602
1966
(Trident alpha Ta-10188)
- Class: George Washington - 5 nuclear-propelled ballistic missile submarines of 1958-59
- Displacement: 6,000 tons standard / 6,700 tons submerged
- Dimensions: 381'8" (oa) x 33' x 29'
- Machinery: 1 pressurized-water S5W (Westinghouse) reactor; steam turbines; 15,000 shp; 1 shaft = ~20 knots surfaced / ~25 knots submerged
- Missiles: 16 A-3 Polaris
- Torpedo Tubes: 6-21" bow Mk 65
- Complement: 139
- Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
- Keel Laid: 1 Nov 1958
- Launched: 14 May 1960
- Commissioned: 11 Mar 1961
- Decommissioned: 28 Feb 1981
- Notes: First generation SSBN, succeeding SSGN type. Originally ordered as Skipjack class attack submarines. Modified to SSBN by insertion of 130' section housing launching tubes just aft of sail. One of the first two SSBN's to decomission because of SALT I agreement.
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