On the blue, speckled deck floor of the USS Cole, 17 gold stars shine. They’re a constant reminder of what occurred 15 years ago Monday — a terrorist bombing in the Gulf of Aden that killed 17 ...

The destroyer's armament has greatly expanded the role of the ship in strike warfare utilizing the MK-41 Vertical Launch System ... USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), Norfolk, VA USS Cole (DDG 67), Norfolk, VA ...

Sudan will pay a $30 million settlement to the families of 17 servicemen killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in a bid to get itself removed from the US’s list of state sponsors of ...

The USS Cole returned home to Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia on Dec. 23, 2024 after a seven month combat deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation.

NORFOLK, Va. — The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) has officially taken over the U.S. southern border operations from USS Gravely (DDG 107). The warship departed Naval Station Mayport ...

This week marks 24 years since the terrorist attack on USS Cole. The Norfolk-based guided missile destroyer was docked in Yemen on Oct. 12, 2000, for refueling when al-Qaida suicide bombers ...

On Oct. 12, 2000, two suicide bombers in a skiff detonated nearly 1,000 pounds of explosives alongside the Cole, a guided-missile destroyer, as it was refueling in the port of Aden, on Yemen’s ...

The most important legacy of the USS Cole, in fact, is that it presaged the staggering toll on America’s military. On Sept. 12, 2001, conventional wisdom suggested that more 9/11s were in store. ...

The destroyer USS Cole has joined U.S. Northern Command’s southern border operations meant to deter illegal crossing and drug trafficking. Cole, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer ...

SANAA, Yemen, March 31 -- Police today arrested several new suspects in the bombing of the warship USS Cole, in which 17 U.S. sailors were killed last year, a Yemeni official said.