Mission Statement
USS COLE (DDG 67) is a great ship, crewed by great Sailors, doing great things.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS
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Namesake: Sgt. Darrell S. Cole, U.S. Marine Corps
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Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Commissioned: June 8, 1996 in Port Everglades, Florida
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Class and type: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
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Length: 505 feet
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Beam: 67 feet
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Displacement: Approx. 8.300 tons full load
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Speed: 30+ knots
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Crew: 23 officers, 24 chief petty officers and 291 enlisted
ARMAMENT
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Harpoon missile launchers
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Two MK 41 VLS for standard missiles
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Tomahawk
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MK-46 torpedoes
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Close-in weapon system (CIWS)
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5-inch MK 45 gun AVIATION CAPACITY
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Two MH-60R or one MH-60R and three vertical take-off unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
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Two LAMPS MK III MH-60B/BR helicopters with Penguin/Hellfire missiles