USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) got underway from Newport News, Virginia, May 9, departing for sea trials after completing a 49.5-month refueling complex overhaul (RCOH).

Sea trials will provide an opportunity to test comprehensive shipwide repairs and combat system modernization items worked over the duration of the overhaul.

Over the next several days, CVN 72 Sailors, shipbuilders from Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS), personnel from the Navy's Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, and representatives of Naval Sea Systems Command will be working side-by-side testing many of the ship's key systems and technologies.

"Our team has worked hard to get USS Abraham Lincoln ready to re-deliver to the fleet. She has undergone significant combat systems modernization and will also be the first CVN capable of accommodating the F-35C Lightning II," said Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive officer for aircraft carriers. "This RCOH enables the ship to meet future missions and continued service life requirements for many years to come."

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