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==Attack on the ''Cole''== | ==Attack on the ''Cole''== | ||
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On October 12, 2000, during a refueling visit at [[Aden]], [[Yemen]], she was struck by an explosive-carrying small-boat, operated by two members of [[al-Qaeda]], who carried out a suicide attack. 17 United States sailors were killed. Cdr. [[Kirk Lippold]] was in command. | |||
Returned to the United States on the heavy-lift ship [[SS Blue Marlin]], she was recommissioned on April 19, 2002, and returned to operational duty in November 2003. | Returned to the United States on the heavy-lift ship [[SS Blue Marlin]], she was recommissioned on April 19, 2002, and returned to operational duty in November 2003. | ||
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| date = September 1, 1998}}</ref> | | date = September 1, 1998}}</ref> | ||
===Prosecution=== | ===Prosecution=== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Revision as of 21:45, 21 April 2011
USS Cole (DDG-67) is a destroyer of the Burke-class in the United States Navy.[1] She was commissioned on June 8, 1996, and first deployed to the Persian Gulf in February 1998.
Attack on the Cole
On October 12, 2000, during a refueling visit at Aden, Yemen, she was struck by an explosive-carrying small-boat, operated by two members of al-Qaeda, who carried out a suicide attack. 17 United States sailors were killed. Cdr. Kirk Lippold was in command.
Returned to the United States on the heavy-lift ship SS Blue Marlin, she was recommissioned on April 19, 2002, and returned to operational duty in November 2003.
Investigation
Retaliation
Retaliatory missile strikes were launched against al-Qaeda targets, but did not kill the leadership.[2]
Prosecution
References
- ↑ USS Cole (DDG-67) homepage
- ↑ Raphael F Perl (September 1, 1998), Terrorism: U. S. Response to Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania: A New Policy Direction?, Congressional Research Service, CRS Order Code 98-733 F