USS Abraham Lincoln to Relocate Homeport from San Diego to Bremerton Following Record Deployment
The U.S. Navy announced that the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will permanently shift its homeport from Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego to Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, by the end of 2026. The move, affecting approximately 5,000 crew members and their families, coincides with a long-planned depot-level maintenance period at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the only West Coast facility capable of servicing aircraft carriers. This decision follows the carrier’s return from a 322-day deployment in the Middle East, which included combat operations against Iran and resulted in eight suicide attempts among the crew.