USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego

SAN DIEGO (Aug. 28, 2025) – U.S. Navy Hull Technician 3rd Class Shaliah Dehnz, left, from Salt Lake City, and Hull Technician 3rd Class Lauryl Early, from Carmel Valley, California, watch as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) arrives in the San Diego Bay from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Aug. 28. The Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group 9, is currently pierside at Naval Air Station North Island in its homeport of San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Maddix Almeyda)