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Home after 321 days: the Lincoln is back in San Diego

The USS Abraham Lincoln pulled into Naval Air Station North Island on Thursday, ending a record 265 days at sea without a port call and a deployment defined by a war in the Middle East and the toll it took on the crew.

Daniel Torrance · Oct. 9

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