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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
  | url = http://www.cole.navy.mil/default.aspx
  | url = http://www.cole.navy.mil/default.aspx
  | title = USS Cole (DDG-67) homepage}}</ref>  She was commissioned on June 8,  1996, and first deployed to the [[Persian Gulf]] in February 1998.
  | title = USS Cole (DDG-67) homepage}}</ref>  She was commissioned on June 8,  1996, and first deployed to the Persian Gulf in February 1998.


==Attack on the ''Cole''==
==Attack on the ''Cole''==
On October 2, 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.  
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.  
===Investigation===
===Investigation===
===Retaliation===
===Retaliation===
Retaliatory missile strikes were launched against [[al-Qaeda]] targets, but did not kill the leadership.<ref>{{citation
Retaliatory missile strikes were launched against Al-Qaeda targets, but did not kill the leadership.<ref>{{citation
  | url = http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB55/crs19980901.pdf
  | url = http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB55/crs19980901.pdf
  | title = Terrorism: U. S. Response to Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania: A New Policy Direction?
  | title = Terrorism: U. S. Response to Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania: A New Policy Direction?
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  | date = September 1, 1998}}</ref>
  | date = September 1, 1998}}</ref>
===Prosecution===
===Prosecution===
==Characteristics==
 
She is of the Flight I series of the Burke class.
==References==
==References==
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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 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

  1. USS Cole (DDG-67) homepage
  2. 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