According to the news website of the United States Naval Academy on July 12th, Navy officials confirmed to the website that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier quietly left San Diego Bay on the 11th and began the planned deployment operation in the Pacific. According to reports, ship observers saw the USS Lincoln leaving its berth at the North Island Naval Air Station in California on the 11th. The Lincoln has now departed from the coast of California. As the flagship of the Third Carrier Strike Group, it will carry aircraft from the Ninth Carrier Air Squadron, accompanied by missile destroyers from the 21st Destroyer Squadron. A navy official confirmed that the USS Spruance missile destroyer was mobilized together with the USS Lincoln, but did not disclose which missile cruiser would be deployed with the aircraft carrier. According to reports, prior to this deployment, the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier completed an upgrade exercise. Previously reported, the USS Lincoln will replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier that has been transferred from the Pacific to the Middle East. At the same time, ship observers reported that the aircraft carrier George Washington has completed a months long circumnavigation of South America and arrived in California this week. The aircraft carrier is currently anchored at the North Island Naval Air Station located in San Diego Bay. Later this year, the aircraft carrier will become the forward deployed carrier of the US Navy stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. (New Society)