# USS Abraham Lincoln

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**Created:** [August 15, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-abraham-lincoln/1032359 "2026-08-15T21:31:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-abraham-lincoln/1032359/355 "2026-08-21T13:51:37Z")

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Well CVN-80 will be ready around 2031. That will be the third Big “E”.

I still really hate the fact **The Grey Ghost** was chopped up for [scrap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)#The_end_for_Enterprise). I’m very happy there will be another Enterprise.

> [@What was the most important Navy Ship of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-important-navy-ship-of-all-time/982250):
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> I nominate The Big “E”, CV-6, The USS Enterprise. She served all of WWII. She was involved in every major battle but one in the Pacific. Bad weather delayed her return to Pearl from December 6th so she was not in port when the Japanese struck. She was near enough to launch Squadrons however and so participated even in Pearl Harbor. She escorted the Hornet on the “[Doolittle Raid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid)”. Was a major part of the great victory at Midway, though the Yorktown did at least as much in this battle before si…

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