Description: Aden, Yemen, Oct. 12, 2000 — Seventeen Sailors aboard USS Cole (DDG 67) were killed as a result of an explosion Oct. 12 which left a 40 foot by 40 foot hole in the port side of the Norfolk, Va.,-based destroyer. U.S. Navy photo.

Source: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/news/news_stories/images-cole1.html

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