NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A U.S. Navy ship has left Norfolk for a seven-month deployment.
Local news media outlets report that roughly 350 sailors on board the USS Vella Gulf left Sunday morning from Naval Station Norfolk. WAVY-TV reports that the ship is expected to return in November.
The guided-missile cruiser is expected to head Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.
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The ship last deployed in March 2014.
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