The affect of long deployment on sailors aboard the Abraham Lincoln received a lot of coverage. But the destruction of the US Navy's primary forward base was covered up by Kegseth and the Pentagon, and the impact on the ship itself is just coming into view.
Ships are not built to stay at sea indefinitely and rely on bases for repair, resupply and vital maintenance. Ships like Lincoln spend months of each year being maintained and repaired.
Kegseth is a moron and Trump doesn't care but the effect of deferring maintenance can be catastrophic.
The Japanese lost several major naval vessels after the loss of key bases in the Central Pacific forced their redeployment west.
The linked article shows before and after pics of the Lincoln. Not a pretty sight.