Senators demand investigation into 'alarming' conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
US senators have called on the Navy to account for the "alarming" conditions aboard a US aircraft carrier deployed to West Asia.
In a letter to US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, Senator Richard Blumenthal voiced concern over the extended deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln.
The USS Abraham Lincoln departed Naval Base San Diego on November 21, 2025, for a deployment expected to last seven months, according to Blumenthal's letter.
Now, the Lincoln "has been deployed more than 250 days" without coming ashore in over 200 days, setting a record for consecutive days at sea, said the senator.
Blumenthal said he had received "widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns" and other problems aboard the Lincoln.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Senator Ruben Gallego called for "an official oversight visit with the bipartisan Senate Delegation to the USS Lincoln to investigate the reported alarming conditions."
MS NOW reported that family members of the 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard the Lincoln clashed with Navy leadership over the difficult conditions, demanding to know when the deployment would end.
Some 200 family members attended a town hall meeting with Navy officials in San Diego last Thursday, where concerns over the prolonged deployment and sailors' well-being were raised directly with acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao and other officials.
The reports included news of suicide attempts by young military personnel on board the Lincoln.
"The stories of crew members threatening to jump off the ship are a frightening alarm bell as to how bad the situation has become: moldy showers, sporadic hot water, rationed meals and soap, broken toilets, and grueling 12- to 16-hour shifts with no days off," Gallego wrote in his post on X.
"The way [US President Donald Trump] is treating our service members as he carries out this continued deployment is not just disgusting, it's dangerous."
Congressman Mike Levin described conditions aboard the Lincoln: "moldy showers, broken toilets, laundry down for weeks, long stretches with no hot water, a meal that came down to half a cup of rice and two tortillas. No soap, deodorant, or toothpaste."
Sailors and Marines aboard the Lincoln have complained that they were told Trump's war on Iran would last only "a few weeks." They now say Trump and his administration do not know when the deployment will end.
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