U.S. Navy Deploys Warships For Possible Strike On Syria

AT SEA - AUGUST 2, 2012: In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) is seen August 2, 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean. In a response to a alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people by the Syrian regime the USS Mahan, the USS Barry, the USS Ramage, and the USS Gravely, all Arleigh Burke-class destroyers carrying Tomahawk land-attack missiles, along with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and a cruiser have been ordered to move west to the Red Sea, so that they can help support a US strike on Syria if requested, as a response to a alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people by the Syrian regime, September 3, 2013. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)