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A US Navy destroyer that fought the Houthis for 9 months is now deploying to guard America's southern border

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The USS Gravely is a guided-missile destroyer that saw combat in the Red Sea last year .

The destroyer's presence would help "restore territorial integrity at the US southern border," officials said in a statement.

The Gravely carries a US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment, a squad of elite operators.