Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121), and the embarked staffs of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, arrived in Guam for a brief logistics stop, Sept. 19, 2026.
Abraham Lincoln and Frank E. Petersen Jr. previously stopped in Guam in December 2025. Both ships returned to the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility (AOR), after nearly seven months operating in the U.S. Central Command AOR. They conducted port visits in Laem Chabang and Si Racha, Thailand, respectively, Sept. 2-6.
The stop on Naval Base Guam marks CSG-3 personnel’s first return to American soil in nine months, during which personnel will be afforded on-base liberty.