USS Vella Gulf leaves Norfolk for deployment

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A U.S. Navy ship has left Norfolk for a seven-month deployment.

Local news media outlets 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.

The ship last deployed in March 2014.