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USS Cole heading toward the Mediterranean Sea, c. September 2000.

Cole

United States naval destroyer

Also known as: USS “Cole”

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USS Cole attack
naval destroyer, the USS Cole, on October 12, 2000. Suicide bombers in a small boat steered their craft into the side of the USS Cole, which was preparing to refuel in the harbour in the Yemeni port of Aden; the blast ripped a 1,600-square-foot (150-square-metre) hole in its hull…
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naval destroyer, the USS Cole, on October 12, 2000. Suicide bombers in a small boat steered their craft into the side of the USS Cole, which was preparing to refuel in the harbour in the Yemeni port of Aden; the blast ripped a 1,600-square-foot (150-square-metre) hole in its hull…
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