Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The USS Abraham Lincoln, the US aircraft carrier at the centre of a political row over conditions on board after nine months at sea, arrives off Thai port Laem Chabang. Tugs guided the huge nuclear-powered carrier, dozens of warplanes lined up on its flight deck, towards the port of Laem Chabang on Wednesday morning, AFP reporters saw. The 5,000 sailors and Marines on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, arriving from the war in the Middle East, are headed for the Thai resort of Pattaya, a rest-and-recreation stop for US troops since the Vietnam War.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln, the US aircraft carrier at the centre of a political row over conditions on board after nine months at sea, arrives off Thai port Laem Chabang. Tugs guided the huge nuclear-powered carrier, dozens of warplanes lined up on its flight deck, towards the port of Laem Chabang on Wednesday morning, AFP reporters saw. The 5,000 sailors and Marines on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, arriving from the war in the Middle East, are headed for the Thai resort of Pattaya, a rest-and-recreation stop for US troops since the Vietnam War.
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