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383272 01: U.S. Coast Guard crews patrol alongside the USS Cole as it returned back to the United States December 13, 2000 at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS. The USS Cole will receive repairs caused by an October 12, 2000 terrorist attack while in the port of Aden, Yemen. The Cole is returning aboard the Norwegian heavy transport ship M/V Blue Marlin owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo, Norway. The USS Cole is an Arleigh Burke-class, or Aegis, guided missile destroyer, and is based in Norfolk, VA. The ship was part of the USS George Washington Battle Group, and was in transit from the Red Sea to a port visit in Bahrain when the ship stopped in Aden for routine refueling. (Photo by John David Mercer/Newsmakers)