Keywords: US Navy 030227-N-9403F-006 Machinery repair aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72.jpg en Persian Gulf Feb 27 2003 -- Machinery Repairman 3rd Class Robert Marcote from Columbia S C uses a metal lathe aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 to create a Crutch Ball for an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter The Crutch Ball aids in the aircraft's rotor blade stability Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen CVW 14 are conducting operations in support of Operation Southern Watch U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jason Frost RELEASED 2003-02-27 030227-N-9403F-006 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 4836 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jason Frost PD-USGov-Military-Navy Helicopters at USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 Lathe operators SH-60F Oceanhawk |