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USS Gravely (DDG-107) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Commissioned in 2010, she has been on several overseas deployments.
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. (June 4, 1922 – October 22, 2004) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become a flag officer, retiring as a vice admiral.
Meanwhile, the crew on board the USS Gravely destroyer in the Red Sea are the tip of the spear against inbound Houthi missiles and drones. The sailors often only have seconds to respond to an ...
US ships the USS Gravely and USS Laboon responded to the call for help, and the Denmark-owned vessel was found to be seaworthy. The US military said that two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired ...
The guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) launches Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea on Jan. 12, 2024. ©Petty ...
The sites were struck using F/A-18 fighter jets from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower and Tomahawk missiles fired by the USS Gravely and the USS Carney from the Red Sea. [67] Explosions were reported in Sanaa following the strikes. [68] Sky News Arabia reported that over 40 Houthi fighters were killed in the airstrikes conducted that day. [69]
A day after the attack on the Gravely, US Central Command reported another US destroyer, the USS Carney, had shot down incoming anti-ship missiles and drones. And on Thursday, US forces shot down ...
USS Gravely United States USN. 24 January Three missiles Two missiles shot down by Gravely; one splash down. Convoy turned back to the Gulf of Aden. The container ships were carrying cargo for the DoD, U.S. State Department, and other agencies, including military cargo. No damage or casualties were reported.