Hundreds of Navy aircraft carrier U S on a Dime in the China Sea The USS Abraham Lincoln is objectively not the most nimble vehicle in the Pentagon’s arsenal.
At 1,092 feet long, 252 feet wide and nearly 100,000 tons of naval engineering expertise, the nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier wasn’t designed to chase Russian submarines or blow up Somali pirates, but to serve as a floating hub for American airpower across the planet. Its motto of “shall not perish,” culled from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, is no wishful thinking: the Lincoln wasn’t just built to fight, but endure.
But just because the Lincoln’s hauling hundreds of tons of high-tech equipment, dozens of aircraft, and thousands of sailors doesn’t mean the carrier can’t turn on a dime at more than 30 knots.
Just watch this brief yet delicious Navy video of the Lincoln performing high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean.
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