The Navy said the 684-foot amphibious transport dock sailed into San Diego Bay on Tuesday, after traveling as far as India and Thailand.
Upwards of 1,400 sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious warship USS Somerset have returned to San Diego from a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, where they participated in various drills and war games, including the recent Rim of the Pacific multi-nation exercises off Hawaii.
The Navy said the 684-foot amphibious transport dock sailed into San Diego Bay on Tuesday, wrapping up travel that took it to such distant locations as India and Thailand. The Somerset carried the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Pendleton, the largest Marine base on the West Coast. Nearly 60 surface ships and five submarines are officially home ported in San Diego, a number that fluctuates due to the commissioning, decommissioning and transfer of Navy vessels.
Two of San Diego’s three locally-based aircraft carriers, the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Theodore Roosevelt, are currently deployed. The Pentagon said earlier this week that the Lincoln has been ordered to accelerate its trip to the Middle East in case it is needed to help Israel repel a potential attack by Iran.
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