The USS Gabrielle Giffords has deployed to the Indo-Pacific region earlier this month carrying a new over-the-horizon anti-ship missile.

The U.S. Navy has deployed the Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Gabrielle Giffords to the Indo-Pacific region carrying the fifth-generation over-the-horizon Naval Strike Missile (NSM), according to U.S. Navy officials.

The trimaran deployed on September 3 from its homeport in San Diego, California.

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