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A new addition in 1/700 scale to Trumpeter Models ever increasing line of fantastic warship subjects!

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Trumpeter Models sends us NEWS this morning announcing it's latest release in 1/700 scale, the "USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CVN-72".

Kit Details


Kit # 05732
Item Name: "USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CVN-72"
Scale： 1/700
Model Size: L: 475mm W: 110mm
Total Plastic Parts: 647pcs
Metal Parts: n/a
Resin Parts: n/a
Photo Etched Part: Small mast
Film Parts: n/a
Total Sprues 31pcs
Decal Marking: CVN-72 2004
Released Date: Late August
Box Size: 55 x25 x 6.8cm

Ship Details and History

The second USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), nicknamed "Abe", is the fifth Nimitz-class supercarrier in the United States Navy. The ship is named after former president Abraham Lincoln. Its home port is Everett, Washington.

Ordered: 27 December 1982

Laid down: 3 November 1984

Launched: 13 February 1988

Commissioned: 11 November 1989

Status: active in service

Homeport: NS Everett, Washington


General Characteristics

Displacement: 101,000 to 104,000 tons full load
Length: Overall: 1,092 ft (333 m)
Waterline: 1,040 ft (317 m)
Beam: Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draught: Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m)
Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Propulsion and power: 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
4 × steam turbines
4 × shafts
260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Range: Essentially unlimited
Capacity: 20000
Complement: Ship's company: 3,200
Air wing: 2,480
Sensors and processing systems: SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
Mk 23 target acquisition radar
2 × SPN-46 air traffic control radars
SPN-43B air traffic control radar
SPN-44 landing aid radars
3 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
3 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare and decoys: SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Armament: 2 × Mk 29 Sea Sparrow
2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
3 × Phalanx CIWS
Armour: Unknown
Aircraft and aviation facilities: 90 fixed wing and helicopters
Motto: We Shall not Perish
Nickname: Abe

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