USS Cole (DDG-67)
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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 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.
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
Characteristics
She is of the Flight I series of the Burke class.
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