# Suicide attempts on USS Abraham Lincoln amid record Iran deployment 2026-08-12T22:06:00+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted suicide as the deployment stretches into a record 250 consecutive days without the ship docking anywhere. At a town hall in San Diego last Thursday, around 200 family members confronted acting navy secretary Hung Cao with harrowing accounts. One spouse said her husband texted her that he hoped he wouldn't wake up. Another sailor's wife said her husband physically stopped a crewmate from jumping overboard. The aircraft carrier, with over 5,000 sailors and marines, was redirected from a routine Pacific tour to the Middle East after the US-Israel conflict with Iran began. The deployment, originally due to end in May, has been extended multiple times. Rotting food, broken toilets, and shortages of basic hygiene items have been reported. Representative Mike Levin of California posted that crew members face mouldy showers, broken toilets, and meals reduced to half a cup of rice. Democratic Representative Jason Crow warned that pressure on service members and families is building weekly. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had earlier called such accounts "fake news", drawing sharp criticism from Levin. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - timesnownews.com Tags: deployment strain, Iran tensions, sailor morale, US Navy, USS Abraham Lincoln Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/us-warship-sailors-tried-to-jump-off-amid-9-month-deployment/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/us-warship-sailors-tried-to-jump-off-amid-9-month-deployment/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.