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Watch: USS Cole remembrance ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk

Posted at 5:03 PM, Oct 10, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-12 11:20:54-04

NORFOLK, Va. – A ceremony was held at the USS Cole Memorial at Naval Station Norfolk on Thursday in remembrance of the attack on the guided-missile destroyer.

USS Cole (DDG 67) was attacked by members of al-Qaeda on October 12, 2000. Terrorists used a small vessel posing as a trash barge to close in on the ship before detonating an improvised explosive device, which tore a massive hole in the side of the ship. Seventeen Sailors were killed and 37 were injured in the attack.

The ship recently returned from a successful deployment to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operation. This was the second time the USS Cole operated in the area since the 2000 terrorist attack.

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