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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 ...
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 ]
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.
A U.S. airstrike killed an al-Qaida operative accused of involvement in the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors, a military spokesman said.
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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 ...
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.
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.