|
|
Article: USS Cole back in the water
- Article from:
- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- September 16, 2001
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2001 Sunday Gazette-Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Under the protection of night, the Navy
launched the USS Cole on Friday at Northrop Grumman Ingalls
shipbuilding, a day earlier than announced.
The relaunching of the Cole, under repair after being damaged in
a terrorist attack just over 11 months ago, was planned for Saturday
morning. The Navy secretly launched the ship for security reasons
after the terrorist attacks on the East Coast. Only Navy sailors and
officers, Ingalls employees and other security personnel were there
to watch the ship float on its own for the first time since last
year.
"I was just tickled pink to see that thing back in the water
again," said Mike Zitko, public affairs officer with Navy ...