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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Michelle Del Rey

Navy warship once used to fight the Houthis is now heading to the U.S. southern border

A Navy warship that had been used to fight Houthi rebels in the Middle East is being deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border to provide added security.

The USS Gravely, which was used in combat in the Middle East last year, will now be heading to the Mexico border, Defense Department officials announced over the weekend, the same day the vessel departed the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in Virginia.

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