ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) embarks on a deployment that will send them around the world and include a homeport change to San Diego. Deploying ships include the guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), USS Mason (DDG 87), and USS Nitze (DDG 94); the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55); and the Spanish Frigate ESPS Mendez Nunez (F 104). Nine Squadrons from Carrier Air WIng Seven (CVW 7) will also deploy, as well as the staffs of Carrier Strike Group Twelve (CSG 12) and Destroyer Squadron Two (DESRON 2)

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