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Ship's seal


Design and construction


Naming


Technology


Operational Service


Al-Qaeda attack


On 12 October 2000, while being at anchor in Aden, the USS Cole was attacked by several Al-Qaeda suicide bombers. The terrorists sailed with a small boat near the destroyer and detonated explosive charges. The power of the blast was so big that it created a hole in the port side of the ship about 12 m (40 feet) in diameter. The attack took the lives of 17 crewmembers and also injured 39. At the time of this attack the ship was under the command of Commander Kirk Lippold.

Upgrade

On 12 November 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that the USS Cole would be upgraded during fiscal year 2013 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.

Commanding officers


See also


Further reading


Arleigh Burke class





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