Cole (DDG 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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as-qv '1 Fila-5 filly:-fr K 'Eh' f Jai, P f ,he morning of October 2 2000 USS COLE as at Sea 8a Anchor etail preparing to refuel 1 Aden Harbor The hip made its way into he harbor and moored a dolphin fsimilar to pierj. Once moored 1 e crew went about :heir daily routine. Refu- -lling would take about flour hours and then the 1iip would be back at ka and heading toward assessed the damage to the ship and executed appropriate damage con trol measures Damage Control parties worked to stop the flooding Teams helped to rescue trapped crewmembers. Some personnel checked berthings for the pur- pose of conducting a crew muster. Others cared for those who were injured or killed by the blast. 37 injured per- la--4 . . - mf , v ' 1 x 1 U 1 l i F , 1 -2 ' : 1--I c ' 73 ? ff--fa--Hfffe-1r.-f-f...f---11-we .Q --f1?-- , U A 4 - , M5 V mr- -rw,--. . c- . 1 .. y a ------- 'f-- ,fir---:ff ---L. --n -gc'--f.-1 - -- -- -w -- 1ff .,:, .-,, --- .......'--Q' ' 1 ff fflf. Z-,fJ'?2 f4--4--+-ef .151 tr Amglnmgfiiii wi..i i'- ' .1 ' ,.-Lis? tv . ll ' f '.J-- . ' 'T7s' '- . 8291432 -'T' H13 Wil-Su.L...I: il ' -f 4.u'4 I. -,,. -T if-3-wifi-.f..i.?2iif?fi'i -,-3'-t ' .4 'l.F1--'11--.:,'-E1.??mT1'j. it 4 ,. :H -f1Ff- i' :li :t'j1'T' 3211 - -'r:v'a-r-::1r- - S11-1 -M m . H rm-fr. ilu 53 f f H.. . .--. -V --. -- ' ' . 5 1 ' ' I -- 7 5-f nd - -L H :.r. ,L 'i ' -----'- f -.- f'...-- - - 2 Qc ' .V , . - -'J'-' A - - -- '- rl-,f-1 : -:-g.:-- r - ' . -I ' ' Q-51 .'Lr2 't: 'Q, 1 f -g-q'ffg-f5y.,,:-- --v51,...,,1. f . 0' 1 l A T f, l ' P 'a Z1 1 r , 1' 1 . 1, 1 7 l ' 1 j . - 1 - , , . . Q g ' 1 ' . l. - ' ' ' 3 . , 1 . i ul l' l 44 77 U l 1 ' I 1 ' I 4 1 I l l I . .f n .the Arabian Gulf. At 1100, the Executive ffficer informed the lrew, via the ship's imnouncing system lllVICl, to eat lunch and get ready to depart at 4300. At 1115, the time :lf early chow for watch ieliefs, many of the crew Were lined up outside of 112 galley for lunch. At Qipproximately 1 1 18, the 31113 Shook violently and Qlle lives of USS COLE itfewmembers were for- changed. What was gmtially thought to be a iuel explosion was actu- lull E1 terrorist attack. 'ifhe crew immediately sonnel, and 4 of the 17 deceased crewmembers, would be evacuated with- in the first 99 minutes after the attack. On October 19, 2000, the last of the deceased crewmembers was removed from COLE and was on his final jour- ney home. Uninjured crewmembers would finally head home on October 30, 2000. The ship began its journey back to the United States on October 31, 2000 on board the Norwegian heavylift ship SS. BLUE IVIARLIN. xl

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The Dltch ,51- USS COLE translted dunng whlch COLE the Suez Canal on rernamed at Sea gl October 9 2000 Anchor Detall Onc The Suez Canal the trans1t through I located between the Suez Canal was Egypt and the Arab1 completed COLE 1 an Pemnsula entered the Red Sea requ1red nearly a en route Aden twelve hour translt Yemen for refuehng .. -.... , - M., , ,. .. . Az.: 44, ..., .,..a.,L.....u...,.......-..J..u.a.:...1..g.....L.... .,.,z,.,...p - ..1...,,...,., . .. , , ,. . f

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May They Not Be Forgotte l c'They have given us their deaths. Let us give them their meaningf, President Clinton October 18, 2000 'Tor our tornorrovv, they gave their todayfl General Henry I-I. Shelton Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 78 -e---1