Photos: The USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast – San Diego Union-Tribune

Photos: The USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast  San Diego Union-Tribune

Nelvin C. Cepeda, a U-T photographer, photographed the USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday while the vessel was off the California coast. The photographs were made as the ship returned to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. That return followed a deployment lasting 322 days. The images place the USS Abraham Lincoln at sea off California during the return, rather than after its arrival at the San Diego installation, and identify Naval Air Station North Island as the destination of the vessel’s voyage. According to the verified account, the assignment took place during the ship’s homeward movement after the 322-day deployment.

It identifies Wednesday as the day the photographs were taken and links the scene off California to the vessel’s return to San Diego. The account does not provide further details about the deployment, the ship’s activities, its route, or the time of arrival, beyond the return to Naval Air Station North Island. The source provides no additional information about the deployment or return in the account provided.