USS Abraham Lincoln Returns Home After Iran Conflict, Reported Losses and Major Damage

After being away for over a year, the USS Abraham Lincoln is coming home from a deployment in support of the U.S. military actions against Iran.

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About 7,500 crewmembers are aboard the aircraft carrier, which is expected to arrive at its homeport in San Diego on Oct. 8. The deployment took place over a period of 265 days at sea without a regular port call.

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There were also concerns about “pressing challenges to personnel, with eight confirmed attempts at suicide within the carrier strike group,” the reports said.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed the carrier suffered damage during the conflict, but the U.S. military denied the claims. The crew's difficult deployment was met with a compliment from the Pentagon.

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