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Article: USS Cole steams into home port
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 26, 2002
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USS Cole steams into home port, fixed and tougher
Associated Press
Friday, April 26, 2002
Norfolk, Va. -- The USS Cole returned to its home port Thursday a
stronger, better ship than when a terrorists' bomb ripped it open and
killed 17 of its sailors a year and a half ago in Yemen.
The destroyer underwent $250 million in repairs over 14 months at
Northrop Grumman's Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., then began
the trip home to Norfolk Naval Station last week.
A steady rain fell as several hundred people waited under tents in
a parking lot at the base. As the ship came into view, people began
waving American flags and snapping pictures.
The Navy had invited more than 600 service members, ...