Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Abraham Lincoln" akavamba kutumirwa kwechina muna June 1998. Zvakare, ngarava yacho yakananga kuPersian Gulf mukutsigira basa reSouthern Watch. Mukati mokuparadzirwa uku, boka rokurwisa rengarava rinonzi "Abraham Lincoln" rakarwisa nzvimbo mbiri nemagwenya anonzi Tomahawk. Chokutanga chakanga chiri fekitari yemishonga yeSudan inofungidzirwa kuti yaibetsera Osama bin Laden mukugadzira zvombo zvemakemikoro. Yechipiri yaiva misasa yaBin Laden yokurovedza magandanga muAfghanistan. Kurwisa uku kwakarairwa naPurezidhendi Bill Clinton mazuva gumi nematatu pashure pokunge magandanga aputika mabhomba pamahofisi eU.S. muKenya neTanzania
uye rakapiwa zita rokuti Operation Infinite Reach. "Abraham Lincoln" akapihwa menduru yeArmed Forces Expeditionary, uye "Abraham Lincoln" inotakura boka rehondo Meritorious Unit Commendation ribhoni nekutora kwavo chikamu.