The USS Cole Bombing in the Port of Aden Yaman

The USS Cole was an American navy guided missile destroyer that was attacked by two suicide bombers on the morning of the 12th of October, 2000.

The Cole was in the middle of a refueling stop at the mini Port of Aden when a small craft loaded with exclusives approached them at the Port side. The blast causing 11 x 11 water gush inside of the ship and rip through the ships galley killing 17 sailors and injuring further 39. Crew members fought to contain the flooding and several support ships including the British Navy HMS came to the Cole’s assistance.

The Cole was later towed by the Ocean—to the Blue Marlin, an original semi-submersible salvage ship which transported into Mississippi where it underwent 14 months of repair before they redeploy it.

The attack was regarded by many as a precursor to the events of September the 11th of the following year, but the American investigations coming to the unproven assumptions that it was all straightened by Osama bin Laden Al-Qaeda l Organization with material support from the government of Sudan.


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