EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The Navy has moved up plans a day for the departure of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln from Everett. It is scheduled to deploy Wednesday instead of Thursday, as originally announced.
When the USS Lincoln returns from a deployment in the Middle East next year it will head for a new homeport at Newport News, Va.
The Lincoln has been based at Everett since 1997. It will be replaced in January by the USS Nimitz, which has been undergoing maintenance at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.
