Long-Deployed USS Lincoln Is Returning Home to San Diego
The carrier received the Presidential Unit Citation after 3,693 combat missions and 450 Tomahawk launches during its Iran war deployment.
- The USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego Bay on Thursday, concluding a record-long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days supporting the war against Iran.
- Reports emerged of deteriorating conditions aboard during the deployment, including food and hygiene shortages; the Navy initially downplayed issues, though crew members described the environment as "pretty bad."
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the carrier on Wednesday to present the Presidential Unit Citation, recognizing 3,693 combat missions and 1.37 million pounds of ordnance delivered.
- Among the 6,000 personnel returning, 64 fathers will meet their babies for the first time; sailor Kathy Monterrosa held her daughter Sarahi, saying, "We are different people now; we are parents now."
- While shorter than the USS Gerald R. Ford's 326-day deployment, Hegseth pushed back against characterizations of the mission as a "failed mission," praising the crew's resilience and adaptability.
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The long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln returns home to San Diego
The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego Bay Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record-long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea that included reports of deteriorating conditions among its crew.
San Diegans welcome USS Abraham Lincoln's return as weary crew on long-deployed carrier comes home
A smaller craft bearing the U.S. flag welcomes the USS Abraham Lincoln to San Diego Bay Thursday on the way to Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado. (Photo by Thomas Murphy) “Welcome home” signs and American flags lined Shelter Island Thursday as onlookers eagerly awaited the USS Abraham Lincoln’s return to San Diego. The USS Lincoln cruised through San Diego Bay at 11:15 a.m. after a record deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea in s…
The long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay
The USS Abraham Lincoln returned home to San Diego Bay Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea that included reports of deteriorating conditions among its crew.
USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay after 265 days deployment
The Lincoln, which set a record for days in between ports of call, is the second carrier to endure an unusually long deployment to support the war against Iran and to receive the Presidential Unit Citation afterward.
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