Destroyer leaves for homeport

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The guided missile destroyer Gravely left Friday for Wilmington, N.C., where it’s scheduled to be commissioned Nov. 20. Gravely, DDG 107, which was delivered to the Navy in July, is the 27th Aegis-class destroyer to be built at Northrop's Pascagoula shipyard. (Sources: Mississippi Press, WLOX, 10/29/10) Previous story