Ka kammala wannan magana: "Abraham Lincoln" ya fara aiki na huɗu a watan Yuni na shekara ta 1998. Har ila yau, jirgin ya koma Gulf Persian don tallafawa aikin Kudancin Watch. A yayin wannan turawa, rukunin yakin "Abraham Lincoln" ya kaddamar da makamai masu linzami na Tomahawk a kan wurare biyu. Na farko shi ne masana'antar samar da magunguna ta Sudan da ake zargi da taimakawa Osama bin Laden wajen kera makamai masu guba. Na biyu shi ne sansanin horon 'yan ta'adda na Bin Laden a Afghanistan. Shugaba Bill Clinton ne ya bayar da umarnin kai wadannan hare-haren kwanaki 13 bayan da 'yan ta'adda
ya kai harin bam a ofisoshin jakadancin Amurka a Kenya da Tanzania kuma an yi masa lakabi da Operation Infinite Reach. An ba da lambar yabo ta "Abraham Lincoln" ta Rundunar Sojoji, da kuma "Abraham Lincoln" mai ba da gudummawa na yakin basasa na Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon don halartar su.