Conflict & Security
USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in San Diego, ending a nearly year-long deployment
October 8, 2026 at 01:33 PM · Updated 7d ago
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4 reports · 1 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 15 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
USS Lincoln returns to US after long deployment supporting war on Iran
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TGThe Guardian
Thousands turn out to welcome weary USS Lincoln sailors after fraught stretch at sea
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TGThe Guardian
USS Abraham Lincoln scheduled to dock in San Diego after harrowing stretch at sea
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
هيغسيث يشيد بطاقم "لينكولن" ويتهم الإعلام بتشويه حقيقة الانتشار الطويل
(opens the publisher’s site)The USS Abraham Lincoln is scheduled to dock in San Diego on Thursday, ending a nearly year-long deployment marked by months of combat against Iran.
- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Lincoln on Wednesday and announced its crew will receive the presidential unit citation.
- Hegseth claimed the strike group sank 64 Iranian warships and conducted roughly 3,700 combat sorties in operations against Iran.
- Acting Navy secretary Hung Cao acknowledged that eight service members from the carrier's strike group attempted to take their own lives during the deployment.
- Representative Sara Jacobs said she will push for an inspector general investigation into shipboard conditions once the carrier returns.
- The deployment lasted 321 days, including 264 consecutive days at sea without a port call, a modern naval record.
- Sailors reported food and supply shortages and mold aboard the ship during the deployment.
- Thousands of military families gathered in San Diego to welcome the crew home.
- President Trump defended the carrier's crew and criticized news media coverage of the deployment.
- A Pew Research Center poll found 65 percent of Americans disapproved of Trump's handling of the war.