Photos: The USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast – Whittier Daily News

Photos: The USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast  Whittier Daily News

U-T Photographer Nelvin C. Cepeda photographed the USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday as the ship returned to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. The photographs place the carrier off the California coast during that return, which followed a 322-day deployment. Cepeda’s images document the vessel during its return to the San Diego naval installation after the deployment had lasted 322 days. The verified account identifies Cepeda as the photographer and Wednesday as the day the images were made. It identifies Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego as the destination of the USS Abraham Lincoln’s return after deployment.

The account specifies that the deployment lasted 322 days. In combination, the reported details identify the photographer, the day of the photography, the vessel, its position off California, the San Diego installation to which it was returning, and the duration of the deployment preceding that return. The photographs were made while the Abraham Lincoln was off the California coast and returning to the North Island station in San Diego following that 322-day deployment.