The Eisenhower has recently patrolled near the Gulf of Aden, at the mouth of the Red Sea waterway, where so many commercial vessels have come under attack in recent weeks. On Sunday, helicopters from the Eisenhower and its destroyer the USS Gravely responded to a distress call from the ...
A Houthi anti-ship missile got within a nautical mile of the Navy destroyer Gravely on Jan. 30, and the warship used its Phalanx Close-in Weapons System to take the missile out, a senior defense official confirmed to Navy Times. The official, granted anonymity to discuss operations, declined...