Navy
GalleryUSS Abraham Lincoln departs San Diego for friends and family day cruise
Stars and Stripes
April 13, 2025
Sailors and embarked guests observe an airpower demonstration on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Isabella Rezzoffi/U.S. Navy)
The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego for a friends and family day cruise on Saturday to demonstrate its combat capabilities and showcase daily life aboard the ship at sea.
Guests had an opportunity to observe an airpower demonstration by an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Lincoln and tour work spaces inside the ship. Friends and family day cruises are usually held once in a deployment cycle for each Navy aircraft carrier.
Lincoln, the flagship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, returned to San Diego on Dec. 20, 2024, after completing a five-month deployment conducting combat operations in the Middle East.
Sailors and embarked guests observe an airpower demonstration on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Isabella Rezzoffi/U.S. Navy)
Sailors and embarked guests observe an airpower demonstration on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Isabella Rezzoffi/U.S. Navy)
Sailors and embarked guests participate in a firearm exhibit in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during the friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Sonny Escalante/U.S. Navy)
Sailors and embarked guests tour spaces aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Isabella Rezzoffi/U.S. Navy)
Sailors and embarked guests observe the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departing San Diego bay on the flight deck during a friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Isabella Rezzoffi/U.S. Navy)
Sailors and embarked guests observe the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departing San Diego bay on the flight deck during a friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Isabella Rezzoffi/U.S. Navy)
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, performs a touch-and-go on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during the friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Sonny Escalante/U.S. Navy)
Sailors prepare to fake down lines on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during the friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Aljay Monzales/U.S. Navy)
Sailors and embarked guests watch as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departs the San Diego bay, during a friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. ( Isabella Rezzoffi/U.S. Navy)
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Recruit Ivan Urrutia, from El Paso, Texas, heaves a line on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during the friends and family day cruise in San Diego on April 12, 2025. (Aljay Monzales/U.S> Navy)