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The Department of Defense confirmed two U.S. naval ships intercepted and destroyed missiles launched by Iran on the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday. USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) and USS Cole (DDG-67 ...
USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer home-ported in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Cole is named in honor of Marine Sergeant Darrell S. Cole , a machine-gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, during World War II .
USS Cole (DDG-67) Determined Warrior; Transcript of CNN coverage of the USS Cole memorial service Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine held 18 October 2000, at Norfolk, Virginia. Whitlock, Craig (4 May 2008). "Probe of USS Cole Bombing Unravels: Plotters Freed in Yemen; U.S. Efforts Frustrated". The Washington Post. p. A01
USS Cole being towed from the port city of Aden after the bombing. Blast damage to the hull is visible mid-ship. USS Cole was damaged on 12 October 2000 in Aden, Yemen, while docked by an attack in which a shaped charge of 200–300 kg in a boat was placed against the hull and detonated by suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members. The ship was ...
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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.
Admiral Harold W. Gehman (left) and General William W. Crouch brief reporters on the report of the USS Cole Commission. Crouch, along with retired Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr., were appointed by Defense Secretary William S. Cohen on 19 October 2000, as co-chairmen of the Department of Defense's Cole Commission to investigate the bombing of the USS Cole (DDG-67). [5]
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.