USS Cole (DDG-67)

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USS Cole (DDG-67) is a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer best known for being severely damaged in a terrorist attack while refueling in Yemen in 2000.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer
United States Navy warship
destroyer
armament 5-inch (127 mm) naval gun
ASROC anti-submarine rockets
Phalanx CIWS NERFINISHED
Standard surface-to-air missiles
Tomahawk cruise missiles NERFINISHED
machine guns
torpedo tubes
attackDate 2000-10-12
attackedBy al-Qaeda NERFINISHED
attackMethod suicide boat bombing
battleHonors Global War on Terrorism operations NERFINISHED
builder Ingalls Shipbuilding NERFINISHED
commissioned 1996-06-08
country United States of America
crewComplement approximately 300 personnel
displacement approximately 8,300 tons (full load)
flag Ensign of the United States Navy NERFINISHED
hasFeature Aegis Combat System NERFINISHED
vertical launching system
homeport Naval Station Norfolk NERFINISHED
Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED
hullNumber DDG-67 NERFINISHED
killedInAttack 17 U.S. sailors
laidDown 1994-02-28
launched 1995-02-10
length about 505 feet
locationOfAttack Aden, Yemen NERFINISHED
Port of Aden NERFINISHED
namedAfter Sergeant Darrell S. Cole NERFINISHED
namesake Darrell S. Cole NERFINISHED
notableEvent terrorist bombing in Aden, Yemen
operator United States Navy
partOf United States Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED
propulsion gas-turbine
repairedAt Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi NERFINISHED
returnedToService 2002
role air defense
anti-submarine warfare
strike warfare
surface warfare
shipClass Arleigh Burke class NERFINISHED
statusAfterAttack severely damaged
towedTo United States NERFINISHED
typeOf guided-missile destroyer
woundedInAttack dozens of sailors

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2000 USS Cole bombing target USS Cole (DDG-67)