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Cole in April 2002. Cole was launched on 10 February 1995 and commissioned on 8 June 1996 in Port Everglades, Florida. [6] Cole was in continual service for the United States Navy for several years after being commissioned, but an al-Qaeda terrorist attack in 2000, allegedly plotted by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, heavily damaged the ship, requiring extensive repairs, although still capable of ...
USS Cole (DD-155) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, later reclassified as AG-116. It was named for Edward B. Cole , a United States Marine Corps officer who died as a result of the wounds he received at the Battle of Belleau Wood .
USS Cole is the name of two ships of the United States Navy; USS Cole (DD-155) , a Wickes -class destroyer , launched in 1919. USS Cole (DDG-67) an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer , launched in 1995.
The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack by al-Qaeda against USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor. [ 1 ]
Kirk S. Lippold (born April 29, 1959 [1]) is a former U.S. Navy officer. He was the commanding officer of the United States Navy destroyer USS Cole on October 12, 2000, when the ship was attacked and bombed by al-Qaeda terrorists during a refueling stop in the Yemeni port of Aden, killing 17 U.S. sailors.
USS Zaniah. Anthony F. Lucas was built by Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation. Her keel was laid on 29 October 1943. She was launched on 12 December and delivered on 22 December. [52] To United States Navy and renamed Zaniah. Converted to a stores, barracks and distilling ship by Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile in
Cole is homeported in NS Norfolk, Virginia. The ship was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding and delivered to the Navy on March 11, 1996. [4] On October 12, 2000, Cole was damaged by a suicide attack in an act of terrorism while harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. [4] The first USS Cole (DD-155), launched in 1919, was named for a Marine who was ...
USS Cole (DDG-67) On 12 October 2000, while at anchor in Aden, Yemen, Cole was attacked by Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who sailed a small boat near the destroyer and detonated explosive charges. The blast created a hole in the port side of the ship about 40 feet (12 m) in diameter, killing 17 crew members and injuring 39.