Abraham Lincoln shows how an early or incomplete Galaxy hull could move into a dedicated carrier role. One source tradition places it in the first production series and gives a 2360 launch, but that date would precede Enterprise-D and makes commissioning before 2363 doubtful. Its 2366 fight against Cardassian forces, followed by experience with the Maquis, helps explain the decision to field Peregrine fighters. The 2372 conversion enlarges the main shuttle bay and assault section, adds industrial replicators for fighter parts, and replaces schools, family spaces, and a holodeck with military accommodation. Enlisted quarters become four-person rooms as the complement grows. The refit finishes early in 2373, after which Abraham Lincoln fights Klingon forces and serves with Second Fleet through the Dominion War.
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Abraham Lincoln turns Galaxy space into a carrier
Abraham Lincoln's disputed early chronology and detailed 2372 carrier refit connect earlier threat experience with Starfleet's Dominion War mobilisation.