The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) was deployed by Navy destroyer the USS Gravely Tuesday night against what US officials said was a cruise missile that got as near as 1 mile to the ship ...

U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday that the USS Gravely destroyer shot down an ... the missile using its Close-In Weapon System, or CIWS -- a gatling gun system that is one of this ship's ...

The missile got so close, in fact, that the USS Gravely, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was forced to rely on it Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) for the first time since the ...

The official, granted anonymity to discuss operations, declined to comment on why the system, known as CIWS, was used to take out the target, when destroyers, like Gravely, have several weapons ...

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) played a critical role in the law enforcement detachment.

The USS Cole has taken over the maritime security mission at the southern U.S. border from the Norfolk-based USS Gravely.