YORKTOWN — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) departed Naval Weapons Station Yorktown for a scheduled deployment to the U.S. Northern Command Area of Responsibility (USNORTHCOM AOR) March 15. The ship will operate in U.S. and international waters.

USS Gravely is the fifty-seventh destroyer in its class and has served the Navy in various capacities over the years.

The USS Gravely departed from Yorktown on Saturday with a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment to assist with border security along the Gulf Coast.