USS Abraham Lincoln arrives at Thai port after gruelling 270 days at sea

<p>Ship has been plagued by reports of deteriorating living conditions and poor mental health because of lengthy deployment</p><p>The USS Abraham Lincoln, a US aircraft carrier at the centre of a row over conditions on board after months at sea as part of Donald Trump’s war against Iran, has arrived off a Thai port.</p><p>Reports of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/trump-uss-abraham-lincoln-strait-of-hormuz">deteriorating living conditions</a> and poor mental health on th

Original reporting by The Guardian · Natasha May in Pattaya, and agencies. GridIndex is an aggregation and intelligence layer — full credit to the original publisher.