US aircraft carrier deployment shifts
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Analysis: four upgrades that could decide US carrier edge over China
The USS Abraham Lincoln is heading for home port in San Diego.
France ordered the electromagnetic catapult system for their next aircraft carrier.
Senator Roger Wicker said there is overwhelming support in Congress and the Pentagon for moving forward with EMALS.
USS Lincoln arrives in Thailand in rusty condition
The USS Abraham Lincoln had been at sea for about nine months.
The USS Abraham Lincoln docked in Thailand.
The USS Abraham Lincoln is a US aircraft carrier.
USS Abraham Lincoln returns from marathon Middle East deployment
The Lincoln's deployment included an uninterrupted time at sea of 264 days before arriving in Thailand.
Two other ships from the Lincoln's strike group are docked in Thailand: the destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. and the cruiser USS Robert Smalls.
The Lincoln's commanding officer is Capt. Dan Keeler.
USS Abraham Lincoln's record deployment highlights US military readiness shortfalls
In 2017, the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain collided with commercial vessels in separate incidents, killing 17 sailors.
Trump was informed that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz and that a prolonged war would draw down stocks of precision-guided munitions.
By June 2017, 37% of warfare readiness certifications for cruiser and destroyer crews in Japan had expired.
USS Abraham Lincoln heads to Thailand after lengthy deployment
The USS Abraham Lincoln was supporting the U.S. war against Iran.
The Royal Thai Navy said three ships from a U.S. Navy carrier strike group were scheduled to stop in eastern Thailand.
Thai defense ministry spokesperson Surasant Kongsiri said that the Lincoln will stop in Thailand next week for rest and recovery before returning to its U.S base.
USS Lincoln heading home after 272 days at sea
The USS Lincoln is heading home from its deployment.
President Trump vowed economic warfare against Iran on an unprecedented scale.
US Navy Considers Renaming Aircraft Carrier Named After Doris Miller
Miller died in November 1943 when a Japanese submarine torpedoed the USS Liscome Bay.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a memo to Congress recommending that Doris Miller receive the Medal of Honor, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
Doris Miller was awarded the Navy Cross for his combat actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
“Learning of this possibility of the name change comes as a shock to not only myself but my family as well, and we are hoping that this doesn't come to fruition. However, we did hear that in addition to the name change, they may name a different carrier after him,”
Backlash Follows Proposal to Rename US Navy Aircraft Carrier After Donald Trump
Both the US Navy and the Department of Defense declined to comment on the matter.
CNN reported that the US Navy is working to rename the aircraft carrier, citing three sources familiar with internal discussions.
The US Navy had previously announced that a carrier under construction would be named the USS Doris Miller to honor a World War II Pearl Harbor hero.
“Dorie Miller’s bravery at Pearl Harbor is legendary and resulted in him being awarded the Navy Cross. This aircraft carrier shouldn’t be renamed at all, let alone for Donald Trump, who has denigrated servicemembers like Dorie Miller who have paid the ultimate price.”
US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East to relieve USS Lincoln
“not nearly long enough”
Analysis of USS Abraham Lincoln deployment strain
The Navy selected Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia as a replacement logistics base.
Diego Garcia is about 2,100 miles from U.S. naval forces in the Gulf of Oman, while the Bahrain base is about 870 miles from the central Gulf of Oman.
The Navy, U.S. Central Command and War Secretary Pete Hegseth have pushed back against claims of personnel problems aboard the ship, saying reports had been "completely misrepresented."
“Leadership prioritized mission-critical supplies: first food, then hygiene items, then mail,”
US withdraws last aircraft carrier from Asia
Greg Poling, director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the administration is doing the exact opposite of its previously expressed goal of pulling out of the Middle East.
Clark said the U.S. will end up with a maintenance debt and likely less carrier presence than in previous years.
Poling said American allies in the Pacific are unsettled over the unpredictability of the Trump administration, while Beijing is happy with U.S. distraction.
“Sometimes it’s framed as, ‘These people haven’t had a vacation.’ But we are dealing with well-known limits on the capacity of a crew to operate at top efficiency over time. And that just declines.”
US CENTCOM commander visits deployed aircraft carrier
U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner held a meeting with Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt, confirmed by a regional official and a Hamas official speaking anonymously
The USS Lincoln arrived in the Middle East in January and has been supporting the U.S. war against Iran, including the blockade on Iranian ports
Talks between the U.S. and Iran have stalled, while Iran is in talks with Oman about managing the strait
“History will record this deployment as one of the most operationally intense and consequential of the modern era.”
Concerns over extended USS Abraham Lincoln deployment
The USS George Washington has been rerouted from the Pacific and is expected to arrive in the Gulf within a week to take over duties from the Lincoln.
Trump and Hegseth have said the United States is ready to continue an "indefinite" blockade of Iranian ports in the Gulf.
The USS Abraham Lincoln cost $2.2bn to build in 1989.
“These reports warrant immediate attention, but they also raise a broader question: whether the Navy can sustain the operational tempo now being demanded of its carrier force, particularly as this administration repeatedly commits US forces to conflicts of its own choosing and increasingly relies on aircraft carriers to sustain those operations,”
Trump dismisses concerns about conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
The USS Gerald R. Ford was at sea for 326 days before returning home in May, setting a new record.
The USS Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nine months.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Ruben Gallego have publicly called for probes into conditions on the carrier.
“Some deployments are longer than others, and I have more respect and gratitude for those sailors than anybody. What they do in those high seas and those austere conditions with less port calls, it's incredible,”
USS Abraham Lincoln issues reported, aircraft carrier sent to relieve; Trump dismisses concerns
More than 50,000 U.S. troops have been deployed to support the U.S.- and Israel-led war with Iran.
The sailor who went overboard was transferred off the ship for further medical care.
Family members of sailors aboard the Lincoln described a lack of supplies and food and deteriorating mental health, with multiple sailors having attempted to jump overboard.
Democratic senators demand answers about conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao calling for the Navy to account for conditions aboard the carrier.
Senate Democrats demanded answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln following reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and mental health crises during the carrier's deployment.
A Navy official told CBS News that traditional supply hubs in the Middle East were disrupted by combat actions and leadership prioritized mission-critical supplies: first food, then hygiene items, then mail.