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This page is dedicated to the crew of the USS Cole.

The recovery pictures of the USS Cole below.

Seventeen of their shipmates

Paid the price, supreme

Thirty-some more, hurting

Like in some nightmarish dream.

But, it wasn't a bad dream

Just the reality, of life

When you go into harms way

In this world or war and strife.

They gave their lives like those  before them

Who fight for truth and liberty

For the safety of our country

And countries too, across the sea.

They sail upon the seven seas

Months on end out on patrol

And sometimes, so sadly

They pay a deadly toll.

"It comes with the territory."

Is what some may say

But that doesn't ease the pain

Of the price they have to pay.

Del"Abe"Jones

Used with Permission

Thank You Abe!

 Please visit his site.

Del"Abe"Jones

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These are time-lapse photos of the recovery of the USS Cole.

In the first photo, a Norwegian transport ship, M/V Blue Marlin is

flooded to allow it underneath the disabled USS Cole.

As the photos progress, the USS Cole is secured to the deck of the transport ship

then the transport ship is  slowly raised to the surface to take the USS Cole  from Aden to

         Pascagoula.

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