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'''USS ''Cole'' (DDG-67)''' is a [[destroyer]] of the [[Burke-class]] in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=ColeHomepage>{{citation | '''USS ''Cole'' (DDG-67)''' is a [[destroyer]] of the [[Burke-class]] in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=ColeHomepage>{{citation | ||
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 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 ColeOn 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. InvestigationRetaliationRetaliatory missile strikes were launched against al-Qaeda targets, but did not kill the leadership.[2] ProsecutionReferences
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