# Hegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t Resupplied
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Publisher: The New Republic · published 2026-08-19 · read 2026-09-11

Original: https://newrepublic.com/post/214510/hegseth-uss-lincoln-iran-war-base-destroyed

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## Who is named (14)

- [David Rhode](https://truthscore.com/entity/14f13cf4)
- [Bab al-Mandab strait](https://truthscore.com/entity/16f408c8)
- [Donald Trump](https://truthscore.com/entity/1d81dc68)
- [U.S. Navy](https://truthscore.com/entity/21c105b4)
- [Gulf of Oman](https://truthscore.com/entity/303e24ac)
- [USS Abraham Lincoln](https://truthscore.com/entity/3129fc4e)
- [UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre](https://truthscore.com/entity/410bd19f)
- [Naval Support Activity Bahrain](https://truthscore.com/entity/4ae4ef87)
- [Diego Garcia](https://truthscore.com/entity/5dcfa359)
- [Houthis](https://truthscore.com/entity/aaa0ce49)
- [Pete Hegseth](https://truthscore.com/entity/c7e5e438)
- [Iran](https://truthscore.com/entity/cdc97f9c)
- [Strait of Hormuz](https://truthscore.com/entity/ce739370)
- [Pentagon](https://truthscore.com/entity/ee975985)

## What it added

- [The USS Abraham Lincoln was not able to be resupplied.](https://truthscore.com/claim/17597694)
  > The USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied
- [The U.S. Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of Oman was destroyed by Iranian strikes.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f299ffda)
  > the U.S. Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of Oman was destroyed by Iranian strikes
- [Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chose not to make public the fact.](https://truthscore.com/claim/788c6e45)
  > Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chose not to make public
- [Iran launched extensive missile and drone strikes on Naval Support Activity Bahrain from late February until June.](https://truthscore.com/claim/dec2e8b7)
  > From late February until June, Iran launched extensive missile and drone strikes on Naval Support Activity Bahrain
- [The missile and drone strikes caused devastating damage to Naval Support Activity Bahrain.](https://truthscore.com/claim/43e48b76)
  > causing devastating damage
- [The Pentagon did not acknowledge the damage.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d6e466ec)
  > was not acknowledged by the Pentagon
- [The U.S. Navy was forced to evacuate most personnel.](https://truthscore.com/claim/66799d61)
  > The U.S. Navy was forced to evacuate most personnel
- [The U.S. Navy moved supply operations to a U.K. naval base on Diego Garcia.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2a5cbcd8)
  > move supply operations to a U.K. naval base on Diego Garcia
- [Trump repeatedly claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was open and under U.S. control.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3c3682c0)
  > Trump’s repeated claims that the Strait of Hormuz was open and under U.S. control
- [A ship was attacked as recently as Tuesday while attempting to exit the strait.](https://truthscore.com/claim/58c5aa7b)
  > a ship was attacked as recently as Tuesday
- [Iran-backed Houthis attacked a ship at the Bab el-Madeb Strait.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7efb84b1)
  > Iran-backed Houthis attacked a ship at the Bab el-Madeb Strait
- [The U.S. Navy was clearly under “tremendous strain.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/54daacb3)
  > the U.S. Navy was clearly under “tremendous strain”
- [Family members of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have reported food shortages.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0bc51b5d)
  > Family members of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have reported food shortages
- [Family members have reported sanitation issues.](https://truthscore.com/claim/bddcb3e0)
  > sanitation issues
- [The Lincoln has been without a port call for more than 200 days.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2754fe88)
  > the Lincoln’s more than 200 days without a port call
- [Sailors have tried to jump overboard multiple times.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2ae25551)
  > sailors have tried to jump overboard
- [Problems experienced by U.S. Navy service members are not confined to just one ship.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3d72a620)
  > the problems experienced by U.S. Navy service members aren’t confined to just one ship
- [Rhode criticized Trump’s repeated dismissal of family members’ concerns as an “unforced political error.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/df87d9cf)
  > Rhode criticized Trump’s repeated dismissal of family members’ concerns as an “unforced political error”

## Where it collides

- [Trump repeatedly claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was open and under U.S. control.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3c3682c0) — collides with [Trump has stayed silent and isn’t defending his friends](https://truthscore.com/claim/17388da7) ([So who else believes that a certain US senator definitely didn’t die of natural causes?](https://truthscore.com/source/958941be))
- [Trump repeatedly claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was open and under U.S. control.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3c3682c0) — collides with [Iranian forces shut the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping](https://truthscore.com/claim/d15f4e32) ([The Strait of Hormuz and the Goods That Flow Through It](https://truthscore.com/source/ab0963da))

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