The U.S. Navy carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) steaming off the coast of Virginia prior to the ship's departure for the Pacific Fleet, 28 August 1990. A pair of F/A-18 Hornet aircraft are in launch positions on the bow catapults.
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