USS Gravely Returns to Naval Station Norfolk from U.S. Southern Command Missions
13 December 2025
NORFOLK, Va. -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) returned to Naval Station Norfolk Dec. 13, 2025. The ship’s return comes after four months supporting U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) missions.
“Team Gravely takes pride in our continued service to maritime homeland defense,” stated Cmdr. Greg Piorun, commanding officer, USS Gravely (DDG 107). “This team has worked hard in the precision execution of a wide variety of missions aimed to underpin American security and economic prosperity in the Western Hemisphere. This upcoming return home is well deserved and comes with some much needed down time!”
Gravely was deployed from March to June of this year to the Gulf of America and Caribbean Sea in support of U.S. Northern Command tasking, then much needed August to December in support of USSOUTHCOM. Gravely worked alongside both the USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group and the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group while supporting USSOUTHCOM missions.
Gravely is a multi-mission guided-missile destroyer capable of air warfare (AW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), strike warfare (STRIKE), information warfare (IW) electronic warfare (EW), naval surface fire support (NSFS), and surface warfare (SUW). The ship carries approximately 300 Sailors. Gravely is named after Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, Jr and was commissioned at Wilmington, North Carolina on Nov. 20, 2010.
U.S. Fleet Forces Command is responsible for manning, training, equipping, and employing 138,000 active duty Sailors, reservists, and civilians; more than 120 ships and submarines; 1,500 aircraft; seven task forces; and five carrier strike groups. USFFC directs training and readiness across the maritime domain, prepares forces for worldwide deployment, and provides combat-ready naval forces to combatant commanders.
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