On October 12, 2000 at 09:30 local time the USS Cole completed it’s mooring in to the port of Aden for refueling.
As the process started, a little after 11 am a small craft approached the vessel. At 6,800 tons, a US Naval destroyer is not a small ship, but in the warrior class of naval warfare they are one of the lighter combatants.




















































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