https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil Naval Surface Forces Atlantic Fact Files RSS Feed en-us Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:44:00 GMT Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:06:18 GMT https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/Fact-Files/Article/2350473/uss-cole-ddg-67-fact-file/ <p><span style="font-size:130%;">Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) is named in honor of Marine Sgt.&nbsp;Darrell S. Cole, a machine gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima, Japan in February 1945, during World War II.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> ​On Thursday, Oct. 12, 2000, USS Cole&nbsp;arrived in Port of Aden, Yemen&nbsp;to refuel. At 11:18 a.m.&nbsp;unknown to ship security, a small boat with terrorists aboard came alongside the ship and detonated a highly explosive bomb alongside Cole. The explosion created a 40-by-60 foot hole on the port side of the ship, taking the lives of 17 Sailors and injuring 37 more. Cole&rsquo;s Sailors fought fires and flooding for the following 96 hours to keep the ship afloat.</span></p> <br /> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jul/06/2002481435/150/150/0/161215-N-VC599-119.jpg' alt='Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) prepare to depart Naval Station Norfolk.' /> <br /> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:44:00 GMT Press Operations https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/Fact-Files/Article/2350473/uss-cole-ddg-67-fact-file/