After nine months at sea, a muted stay in Thailand for crew of USS Abraham Lincoln

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After nine months at sea, a muted stay in Thailand for crew of USS Abraham Lincoln

The aircraft carrier’s record-long Iran war deployment, which some of the crew described as a grueling odyssey, is winding down at last.

September 5, 2026 at 8:23 a.m. EDT

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*An LED display welcoming the arrival of U.S. service personnel from the USS Abraham Lincoln in Pattaya, Thailand, on Wednesday. (Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images)*

By

Andrew Nachemson

PATTAYA, Thailand — Sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with some 5,000 people aboard, came ashore near the Thai beach town of Pattaya this week, amid reports of poor conditions and low morale.

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