Saturday, June 10, 2006
I meant to note this yesterday. The USS Cole is back at work. Navy ships don't sit around collecting workman's comp, they get patched up and put back out to sea. 
CNN: USS Cole leaves on first Mideast deployment since attack
The Cole, along with five other ships and a submarine, left the East Coast to conduct security operations in support of the war on terrorism.
The destroyer had been refueling in Yemen's port of Aden on Oct. 12, 2000, when al Qaeda-linked militants in a dinghy packed with explosives attacked.
The explosion blew a hole in the side, but the ship remained above water and eventually underwent $250 million of repairs.
No sailors from the 2000 crew are still aboard the Cole.
The crew of 320 that left Thursday is expected to be gone for six months, officials said.
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