Destroyer returns from 11-month-deployment

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii—After a 346-day deployment that included operations in the South China Sea, 12 contested transits of the Strait of Hormuz, 43 replenishments at sea and the removal of its commander 10 months in, the guided-missile-destroyer Michael Murphy returned home Thursday, welcomed by hula dancers and a rainbow stretching over the channel.The ship was attached to the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group for much of its deployment, though the aircraft carrier returned to its home in S