USS Cole (DDG-67)

USS Cole (DDG-67) is a destroyer of the Burke-class in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on June 8, 1996, and first deployed to the Persian Gulf in February 1998.

Attack on the Cole
On October 2, 2000, during a refueling visit at Aden, Yemen, she was struck by an explosive-carrying small-boat, operated by two members of al-Qaeda, who carried out a suicide attack. 17 United States sailors were killed.

Returned to the United States on the heavy-lift ship SS Blue Marlin, she was recommissioned on April 19, 2002, and returned to operational duty in November 2003.

Characteristics
She is of the Flight I series of the Burke class.