History: USS Cole DDG-67
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| <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=8&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=14&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=USS Cole Coat of Arms" alt="USS Cole Coat of Arms" title="USS Cole Coat of Arms" border="0" width="100" align="left"></a> According to research papers the USS Cole (DDG 67) is the second ship that has this name, it is a Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer from the Arleigh Burke class. The USS Cole is homeported in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. The name Cole is in honor of a machine-gunner Darrell S. Cole (US Marine Sergeant), killed in action on Iwo Jima on the 19th of February 1945. The construction of the USS Cole was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding and the USS Cole was delivered to the U.S. Navy on the 11th of March 1996. | <table><tr><td> <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=3&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=13&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=USS Cole DDG 67" alt="USS Cole DDG-67" title="USS Cole DDG-67" border="0" width="200" align="left"></a> </td></tr><tr><td>USS Cole (DDG-67)</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=3&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=16&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=USS Cole DDG 67 towed by the USNS Catawba" alt="USS Cole DDG 67 towed by the USNS Catawba" title="USS Cole DDG 67 towed by the USNS Catawba" border="0" width="200" align="left"></a> </td></tr> <tr><td width="200">USS Cole DDG 67 is towed away from the port city of Aden, Yemen, into open sea by the Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) after beeing bombed on 12 October 2000</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=3&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=15&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=MV Blue Marlin carrying the USS Cole" alt="The MV Blue Marlin carrying the USS Cole" title="The MV Blue Marlin carrying the USS Cole" border="0" width="200" align="left"></a> </td></tr> <tr><td>The MV Blue Marlin carrying the USS Cole</td></tr></table> |
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