India, Sept. 3 -- The USS Abraham Lincoln, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, docked near Pattaya on Wednesday alongside two other US Navy vessels, prompting Thai authorities in the resort city to launch a crackdown on prostitution ahead of the arrival of around 5,000 sailors and Marines fresh from months at sea in the Middle East, according to a report by The Independent.

The San Diego-based carrier anchored near Laem Chabang Port in the Gulf of Thailand, close to Pattaya, one of the country's best-known nightlife destinations. The deployment comes after the Abraham Lincoln spent an extended stretch at sea, having left port in November before being redirected to the Middle East amid the US conflict with Iran, with the ship's time away ...