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Newport News Begins Steam Testing on the USS Abraham Lincoln

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

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Newport News Begins Steam Testing on the USS Abraham Lincoln

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) floats free from dry dock at Newport News Shipbuilding on Nov. 3, 2014. (Photo by Ricky Thompson/HII)

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding began final testing of the steam-powered systems aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and is on track to redeliver the ship in 2016, the company said on Aug. 27.The Lincoln is undergoing its mid-life refueling and overhaul at the shipbuilder’s yard in Newport News, Va. The process will grant the Nimitz-class carrier another 25 years of service life. After reintroducing steam to the carrier, contractors and sailors began testing systems such…

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