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The USS Cole bombing was a suicide bombing attack against the U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) that occurred on October 12, 2000.1 The attack
The USS Cole suffered severe damage in an attack when the ship was in the port of Aden, Yemen for a routine fuel stop. Cole completed mooring operations at 9:30 a.m. Refueling started at 10:30 a.m. At 11:18 a.m. local time (08:18 UTC), a small craft approached the port side of the destroyer, and an explosion occurred causing a 40-foot by 40-foot gash in the port side of the Cole. Damage control efforts to manage flooding in the ship's engineering spaces were reported successful that evening. Divers inspected the hull and said the keel was not damaged.
The attack was carried out by suicide bombers Ibrahim al-Thawr and Abdullah al-Misawa. It was organized by Osama bin Laden's terrorist al-Qaida organization.
USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) and USS Hawes (FFG 53) made best speed to arrive in the vicinity of Aden that afternoon providing repair and logistical support.
Additionally USNS Catawba (T-AFT 168), USS Camden (AOE 2), USS Anchorage (LSD 36), USS Duluth (LPD 6)Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Duluth after the city of Duluth, Minnesota. The first Duluth (CL-87) was a light cruiser commissioned late in World War II. The second Duluth (LPD-6) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1966., and USS Tarawa (LHA 1)Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Tarawa after the Pacific atoll that was the scene of a bloody fight in the Pacific War. The first Tarawa (CV-40) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1946. The second Tarawa (LHA-1) is an amphibious assa arrived in Aden some days later, providing watch relief crews, harbor security, damage control equipment, billeting, and food service for the crew of Cole.
Seventeen sailors were killed and 39 others were injured in the blast which blew a hole in the port side of the destroyer. The injured sailors were brought to the United States ArmyThe Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. As of fiscal year 2002 (FY02), it consisted of 480,000 soldiers on active duty and 555,000 in reserve (350,000 in Army National G's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center near RamsteinRamstein is a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, known for being the home of Ramstein Air Base, a United States military airfield. In the Ramstein airshow disaster of 1988, 70 people died at this airbase after an Aermacchi 339 trainer aircraft of, GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east, and were later flown to the U.S.
Cole was transported from Aden by the NorwegianThe Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country west of Sweden on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norway's famous fjords are found. In addition to Sweden, it borders R heavy semi-submersible salvage ship M/V Blue MarlinM/V Blue Marlin and her sister ship M/V Black Marlin comprise the Marlin class of semisubmersible heavy transport vessel. They were owned by Offshore Heavy Transport ASA of Oslo, Norway from the times of their construction, in April 2000 and November 1999. She arrived in Pascagoula, MississippiPascagoula is a city located in Jackson County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,200. It is the county seat of Jackson County 6. Ingalls Shipbuilding constructs many US Navy ships here. The city is served by Mobile December 24, 2000.
