USS Abraham Lincoln came home to San Diego on 8 October after 321 days away, including 286 consecutive days at sea before a port call in Thailand, which the Navy calls a record for modern carriers.

USS Abraham Lincoln returned to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego on 8 October 2026 after 321 days away, according to the US Navy . The carrier had left its home port on 21 November 2025.

Between leaving San Diego and arriving at Pattaya, Thailand, on 2 September 2026, the ship spent 286 consecutive days at sea. The Navy calls that figure, along with a 208-day unbroken stretch between Guam and Oman, a record-breaking mark for modern aircraft carriers.

The record covers consecutive days at sea, not the length of the deployment itself.

The Navy also lists brief overnight stops for supplies in Guam in December 2025 and at Duqm, Oman, in July 2026, both of which fall within that 286-day span by date, with a third in Guam in September 2026. The Pattaya visit, from 2 to 6 September 2026, is the only port call the Navy lists for the deployment.

Keeping a carrier running for that long depends on ships bringing supplies out to it. Abraham Lincoln carried out 72 replenishments at sea over the deployment, which works out to roughly one every four to five days across the 321 days away from port.