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Eight sailors in USS Lincoln strike group attempted suicide, US Navy says

WAtoday Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt

24 Sept 2026 15:30 AEST Summary

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The USS Abraham Lincoln, with its crew of about 5000 sailors, recently set a navy record for the longest time at sea without making a port call.

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Niral Score 5.9 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 65 unattributednamed sources Mood 43.2 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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WAtodayas they published this story	5.9

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Brisbane Times Eight sailors in USS Lincoln strike group attempted suicide, US Navy says Niral 5.9 political 0 The Age Eight sailors in USS Lincoln strike group attempted suicide, US Navy says Niral 5.9 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Eight sailors in USS Lincoln strike group attempted suicide, US Navy says Niral 5.9 political 0