Ku sii wad qodobkan - "Abraham Lincoln" wuxuu bilaabay hawlgalkiisii afraad bishii June 1998. Mar labaad, markabku wuxuu ku sii jeeday Gacanka Faaris si uu u taageero howlgalka Koonfurta Ilaalada. Intii lagu guda jiray howlgalkan, kooxda dagaalka ee "Abraham Lincoln" waxay ku soo rogeen gantaallada Tomahawk laba goobood. Midka koowaad wuxuu ahaa warshad dawooyinka laga sameeyo oo laga shakisan yahay inay ka caawin jirtay Osama bin Laden soo saarista hubka kiimikada. Ta labaadna waxay ahayd xeryaha Bin Ladin uu ku tababaro argagaxisada Afgaanistaan. Duqeymahan waxaa amar ku bixiyay madaxweyne Bill Clinton 13 maalmood kadib markii argagixisada ay weerareen safaaradaha Mareykanka ee Kenya iyo Tanzania
waxaana loogu yeeri jiray howlgalka xad la'aanta. "Abraham Lincoln" waxaa la guddoonsiiyay Bilada Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Ciidamada Qalabka Sida, iyo kooxda dagaalka ee "Abraham Lincoln" kooxda Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon ee ka qeyb qaadashadooda.