A US Navy sailor who finally returned home after 10 grueling months aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln was greeted by a ransacked apartment and stolen car.

Connor Nelson was looking forward to relaxing inside his Lemoore, Calif., apartment on Sept. 20 after the extended deployment in the Middle East.

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“Several thousands of dollars worth of belongings were taken, and the apartment was left trashed,” his distraught father and 22-year Navy Veteran Justin Nelson wrote on the fundraiser website.

His television, laptop, shoes and fishing equipment were among the stolen items, CBS News reported.

Police are investigating the harrowing incident.

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The USS Abraham Lincoln, a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier named after the 16th US president, left its San Diego homeport in November.

It was stationed in the Middle East for a record-breaking nine months with roughly 250 days straight at sea while conducting combat operations amid the war in Iran.

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There have been eight suicide attempts onboard since deployment, a chilling letter from Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand revealed.

“This number includes the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons,” Cao wrote in the Sept. 22 letter.Nelson said he was a part of a group that returned home early. GoFundMe

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“That this administration can find endless taxpayer dollars for bombs, ballrooms and billionaires but cannot take care of our service members is completely unacceptable.”

The US Navy and the White House did not return requests for comment.

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