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Ship's seal | |
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Design and construction | |
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Naming | |
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Technology | |
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Operational Service | |
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Al-Qaeda attack | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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