Deck to Pattaya: US Navy Crew Finds Rest After 250 Days at Sea
Nearly 5,000 sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln disembarked in Pattaya for shore leave after about 250 days at sea, spending first hours shopping and then sampling the town’s neon nightlife; prostitution is off-limits, and while morale appears to lift, local businesses report uneven spending as sailors take a break from life aboard the carrier.