Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata a "Abraham Lincoln" i te wha o ngā whakatinanatanga i Hune 1998. I anga ano te kaipuke ki te Moana Pirihi hei tautoko i te mahi Southern Watch. I te wa o tenei whakatinanatanga, i tukuna e te roopu whawhai "Abraham Lincoln" nga pere perehi Tomahawk ki nga waahi e rua. Ko te tuatahi he wheketere rongoā Sudanese e whakapae ana i te awhina i a Osama bin Laden ki te hanga patu matū. Ko te tuarua ko nga puni whakangungu kaiwhakatuma a Bin Laden i Afghanistan. I whakahaua ēnei whakaeke e te Perehitini a Bill Clinton 13 rā i muri i te whakaekenga a ngā kaiwhakatuma i ngā whare karere o Amerika i Kenya me Tanzania
I tapaina ko Operation Infinite Reach. I whakawhiwhia a "Abraham Lincoln" ki te Tohu Whakatairanga o te Ope Taua, me te roopu pakanga o te "Abraham Lincoln" i whakawhiwhia ki te Ripanga Whakamoemiti a Meritorious Unit mo to raatau whakauru.