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U.S.S. Gravely

By KSEE News
February 12, 2013 Updated Feb 12, 2013 at 7:37 AM PDT

One of the Navy's newest ships embarked on its maiden deployment.
The U.S.S. Gravely is a guided missile cruiser.
It is named for Samuel Gravely, the first African-American in the U.S. Navy to command a warship.
It was commissioned in Wilmington, North Carolina in 2010.
This is its first actual deployment mission.
The Navy says the Gravely will participate in ballistic missile defense escort operations.

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