The USS Gravely returned to Naval Station Norfolk following a nearly 3-month deployment Monday. It deployed on March 15 to prevent the flow of illegal drugs at the southern border.

The USS Gravely is a Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer that was deployed to the Red Sea along with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in 2023 as part of a strike group that engaged with the ...

“USS Gravely’s deployment will contribute to the U.S. Northern Command southern border mission as part of the DOD’s coordinated effort in response to the Presidential Executive Order.

The USS Gravely departed Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia, on March 15, 2025, en route to U.S. Northern Command’s (Northcom) area of operations (AOR). The mission aligns with ongoing federal ...

Meanwhile, the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group was expected to deploy over the summer, according to Caudle, to the Navy’s 6th Fleet area of operations, which includes Europe and Africa.

USS Gravely will provide extra support for Coast Guard law enforcement interdiction teams. The guided-missile destroyer previously spent nine months in the Red Sea and shot down Houthi missiles.

YORKTOWN, Va. (WAVY) — The guided missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) is being deployed to the southern border to counter illegal immigration, drug and weapons trafficking, as well as ...

The USS Gravely left the Naval Weapons Station in Yorktown on Saturday on a deployment to the Gulf Coast to buttress security at the southern border. The deployment is part of the military’s ...

The USS Spruance deploys to the U.S. Northern Command Area of Responsibility. Gravely helped seize an estimated 860 pounds of illegal drugs from a vessel in the Caribbean Sea on May 25.

USS Gravely is the 57th destroyer in its class of Arleigh Burke -class vessels. Following its initial launch back in 2009, Gravely has served the Navy in several threat theatres.

USS Gravely, like its sister ships, was named to honor World War II American destroyer officer Admiral Arleigh Burke. The DDGs designated in this class are widely considered to represent highly ...