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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
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  | 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 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.
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===

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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
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