Without fanfare, USS Abraham Lincoln leaves Everett for the last time

EVERETT -- For one final time, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sailed away from its homeport of Everett.The warship headed out Wednesday morning for a scheduled deployment in the Middle East. Later next year, the warship will cross the Atlantic to refuel its nuclear reactors at its new homeport of Newport News, Va.Before he boarded, the Lincoln's commander, Capt. John Alexander, called Wednesday a "historic day and a bittersweet day.""It's fitting that we are leaving on a typical

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