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These are
photos of the recovery of the USS Cole. In the first
photo, a transport ship is "flooded" to allow it
underneath the disabled USS Cole. Cole was transported
from Aden to Pascagoula by the Norwegian heavy transport
ship M/V Blue Marlin. As the photos progress, the USS
Cole is secured to the deck of the transport ship. Then
the transport is slowly raised to the surface of the
water to get underway.
The USS Cole is back in operation:
Pascagoula, Miss., April 19, 2002 —
After a successful 14-month effort to repair the damage
suffered in a terrorist attack in Aden, Yemen, Oct. 12,
2000, USS Cole (DDG 67) will depart Pascagoula, Miss.,
today, and will return to its homeport of Norfolk, Va.
Cole was in the Yemini port for a
refueling stop when a small boat laden with explosives
was detonated beside the ship, blasting a hole in its
side. Following the attack in which 17 Sailors were
killed and 39 were injured, Cole was returned to the
U.S. aboard the Norwegian heavy transport ship M/V Blue
Marlin owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo,
Norway. The ship was off-loaded Dec. 13, 2000, from Blue
Marlin in a pre-dredged deep-water facility at the
shipyard of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls
Operations.
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