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US Navy - Guided Missile Destroyer DDG 107 - USS Gravely |
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Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG; Arleigh Burke class, Flight IIA Builder: Northrop Grumman - Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA STATUS: Awarded: September 13, 2002 Laid down: November 26, 2007 Launched: March 30, 2009 Commissioned: November 20, 2010 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia Namesake: Vice Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely. Jr. (1922-2004) Ships Motto: FIRST TO CONQUER Technical Data: see: INFO > Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG |
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 returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - July 14, 2024  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - July 14, 2024  Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2024  Red Sea - June 2024  Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - April 2024  Gulf of Aden - March 2024  Arabian Gulf - December 2023  Arabian Gulf - December 2023  Suez Canal - November 2023  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia for a deployment with Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG-2) / Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) - October 13, 2023  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia for a deployment with Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG-2) / Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) - October 13, 2023  electric plant control console - July 2023  after completing a 3-month Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) - Norfolk, Virginia - October 2022  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - June 24, 2022  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - June 24, 2022  Mk.45 gun fire - Atlantic Ocean - June 2022  Baltic Sea - May 2022  Baltic Sea - May 2022  during NATO exercise Neptune Strike 22 - Adriatic Sea - February 2022  with USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - Mediterranean Sea - January 2022  Adriatic Sea - January 2022  Adriatic Sea - January 2022  Adriatic Sea - January 2022  Mediterranean Sea - January 2022  Mediterranean Sea - January 2022  departing Norfolk, Virginia for trials after a Drydock Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) by General Dynamics NASSCO, Norfolk - November 2020  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia after Hurricane Dorian - September 8, 2019  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia after Hurricane Dorian - September 8, 2019  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia after Hurricane Dorian - September 8, 2019  Atlantic Ocean - September 2019  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in preparation of Hurricane Dorian - September 4, 2019  Atlantic Ocean - August 2019  with HDMS Absalon (L 16) - Atlantic Ocean - August 2019  with HDMS Absalon (L 16) - Atlantic Ocean - August 2019  Atlantic Ocean - August 2019  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - August 2019  Mk.15 Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) fire exercise - Baltic Sea - June 2019  Kiel, Germany - June 2019  Kiel, Germany - June 2019  Mk.45 gun fire during NATO exercise Joint Warrior 19-1 - off Scotland - April 2019  Mk.45 gun fire during NATO exercise Joint Warrior 19-1 - off Scotland - April 2019  Irish Sea - March 2019  Irish Sea - March 2019  Mk.45 gun fire - English Channel - March 2019  Rostock, Germany - March 2019  Haakonsvern Naval Base, Norway - February 2019  as flagship of NATO SNMG-1 - Copenhagen, Denmark - January 2019  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - December 28, 2018  Atlantic Ocean - November 2018  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - July 13, 2016  Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2016  Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2016  Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2016  machinery control - May 2016  Gulf of Oman - March 2016  Gulf of Oman - January 2016  small boat operations - Gulf of Oman - January 2016  Mk.45 5"/62 gun fire - December 2015  Suez Canal - December 2015  Atlantic Ocean - September 2015  Mk.45 gun fire - September 2015  a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) was launched from the forward Mk.41 VLS - June 2015  Atlantic Ocean - March 2015  Atlantic Ocean - March 2015  forward Mk.41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) and Mk.45 5"/62-caliber gun - March 2014  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - February 14, 2014  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - February 14, 2014  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 18, 2013  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 18, 2013  Mediterranean Sea - October 2013  Mk.45 5"/62 gun fire - October 2013  central control station - October 2013  Mediterranean Sea - September 2013  Mediterranean Sea - September 2013  Mediterranean Sea - September 2013  Mediterranean Sea - September 2013  bridge - Mediterranean Sea - September 2013  6th Fleet AOR - July 2013  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2013  bridge/helm - 6th Fleet AOR - June 2013  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - February 2013  exercise UNITAS - Atlantic Ocean - September 2012  exercise UNITAS - Atlantic Ocean - September 2012  exercise UNITAS - Caribbean Sea - September 2012  exercise UNITAS - Caribbean Sea - September 2012  Key West, Florida - September 2012  Atlantic Ocean - August 2012  Atlantic Ocean - August 2012  Boston, Massachusetts - June 2012  commissioning ceremony - Wilmington, North Carolina - November 20, 2010  commissioning ceremony - Wilmington, North Carolina - November 20, 2010  commissioning ceremony - Wilmington, North Carolina - November 20, 2010  commissioning ceremony - Wilmington, North Carolina - November 20, 2010  commissioning ceremony - Wilmington, North Carolina - November 20, 2010  arriving in Wilmington, North Carolina for her upcoming commissioning - November 2010  arriving in Wilmington, North Carolina for her upcoming commissioning - November 2010  Gulf of Mexico - June 2010  at Northrop Grumman Ingalls shipbuilding - Pascagoula, Mississippi - May 2010  Ship's sponsor Alma Bernice Clark Gravely, wife of the late Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, escorted by Cmdr. Douglas Kunzman, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Gravely (DDG-107), takes a moment to admire the ship following her christening ceremony at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi - May 16, 2009  christening ceremony - Pascagoula, Mississippi - May 2009  prepared for christening ceremony - Pascagoula, Mississippi - May 2009 |
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USS Gravely (DDG 107): In late August 2013 along with her sister ships Mahan, Barry, and Ramage, Gravely was sent to patrol the eastern Mediterranean Sea in response to rising rumors of an imminent U.S. military intervention in the Syrian civil war. On 28 October 2013, the destroyers Gravely and Ramage answered a distress call from vessel a carrying immigrants located 160 nautical miles (300 km; 180 mi) off the coast of Kalamata, Greece. On 18 November 2013, Gravely returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, completing her first overseas deployment. On 28 March 2016, Gravely provided assistance to USS Sirocco, which had seized a stateless dhow transporting weapons. Once the weapons were offloaded, the dhow and its crew were released. In June 2016 while escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman the destroyer had a close encounter with a Russian Navy frigate causing Russian and US Navy officials to accuse each other of dangerous and unprofessional conduct. On 11 March 2019, as part of Carrier Strike Group Eight (CSG-8), Gravely received the Meritorious Unit Commendation award in support of Operation Inherent Resolve during the 2015-2016 deployment. On 13 May 2022, Gravely took part in a PASSEX training with the Finnish and Swedish navies in the northern Baltic Sea. In May 2022, Gravely was homeported out of Naval Station Norfolk and a part of Destroyer Squadron 28, along with Carrier Strike Group 8 led by the USS Harry S. Truman. On 24 June 2022, Gravely returned to Norfolk. |
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Vice Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. (June 4, 1922 - October
22, 2004): Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. (June 4, 1922 - October 22, 2004) was an African-American Navy pioneer - the first African American in the U.S. Navy to be commissioned an officer, the first 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. Samuel Gravely was born on June 4, 1922 in Richmond, Virginia. Gravely spent two years at Virginia Union University, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. Following his time in college, he enlisted in the Naval Reserves on September 15, 1942 and was trained as a Fireman Apprentice. In 1943, Gravely was told about the V-12 Navy College Training Program by a white officer. It was a new program designed to recruit and train enlisted seamen with partial or completed four-year college degrees to become officers. He sat for the application exam in April, scored very well, and was the first black candidate to be accepted. As part of this training, he attended the University of California in Los Angeles, Pre-Midshipman School in New Jersey, and Midshipmen School at Columbia University. In March of 1944, the "Golden Thirteen" became the first African-American men to be commissioned from the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. On December 14, 1944, Gravely successfully completed midshipman training as a commissioned officer, thereby becoming the first African-American to graduate from the V-12 program. As a newly commissioned Ensign, his first assignment was to Camp Robert Smalls, a part of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station set aside for training African-American enlisted men, as the Assistant Battalion Commander for new recruits. Afterwards, he began his seagoing career aboard the USS PC-1264, a submarine chaser that was one of only two World War II ships with a largely African-American crew. He became the first black officer on the ship, as the rest of the command staff were white. In April 1946, he was released from active duty, remaining in the Naval Reserve. He returned to his hometown of Richmond to complete his bachelor's degree in History. As part of the Navy's response to President Harry S. Truman's Executive Order to desegregate the Armed Services, Gravely and other African-american officers were recalled to active duty in 1949. His initial assignment was as a Navy Recruiter, recruiting African Americans in the Washington, D.C. area, with the understanding that it was only for a year. The outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 forced the Navy to retain any experienced officers currently in service, regardless of race. Gravely went from recruiting to building a Navy career that lasted 38 years and included many distinguished accomplishments. He became the first African American to command a United States Navy warship (USS Theodore E. Chandler), the first African American to command an American warship under combat conditions (USS Taussig), the first African American to command a major naval warship (USS Jouett - subsequently CG-29), the first African-American admiral, the first African American to rise to the rank of Vice Admiral, and the first African American to command a U.S. Fleet (Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet). He was also among the first African Americans to attend the Naval War College in 1962. Gravely was assigned tours of duty aboard PC-1264, USS Iowa, USS Toledo and USS Seminole. He served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of the Theodore E. Chandler. Additionally, he was the Commanding Officer of the USS Falgout, Taussig, and Jouett. From 1971 to 1973 he served a dual role as as the Director of Naval Communications (on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations) and commander of the Naval Telecommunications Command. His last tour of duty before his retirement in August 1980, was as Director of the Defense Communications Agency in Washington, overseeing the communications network linking Washington with American and allied bases worldwide. Gravely was also highly decorated, with decorations including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal and Navy Commendation Medal. After suffering a stroke, Gravely died at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on October 22, 2004. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Gravely had three adopted children and one biological child, and was survived by his wife, Alma, son William F. Best, son Robert Micheal, David Edward, and daughter Tracey Ernestine. source: wikipedia "Success in life is the result of several factors. My formula is simply education plus motivation plus perseverance. Education is paramount. Motivation: one must decide what he wants to do in life, how best to get there and to proceed relentlessly towards that goal. Perseverance: the ability to steadfastly proceed to your goal despite all obstacles. It is the ability to overcome.” Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. Vice Admiral, USN |
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