USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after a nearly year-long deployment
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SI RACHA, THAILAND – SEPTEMBER 02: The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) aircraft carrier arrives at Laem Chabang Port on September 02, 2026 in Si Racha, Thailand. The U.S. aircraft carrier is making a port visit to Thailand following an extended deployment in the Middle East.
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The San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is scheduled to return home to Naval Air Station North Island this Thursday following a deployment lasting more than 300 consecutive days.
SI RACHA, THAILAND – SEPTEMBER 02: The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) aircraft carrier arrives at Laem Chabang Port on September 02, 2026 in Si Racha, Thailand. The U.S. aircraft carrier is making a port visit to Thailand following an extended deployment in the Middle East.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier sailed from San Diego on November 21, 2025 for a seven-month deployment and was extended twice. Her air wing flew more than 10,000 sorties and expended 1.5 million pounds of ordnance. One escort, the destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr.
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