USS Cole (DDG 67) is scheduled to depart from Pier 5 of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Operations, located in Pascagoula, Miss., at approximately 11a.m. CDT on Friday, Apr. 19, 2002. Cole is departing from Pascagoula after a successful 14-month repair effort following her arrival in Pascagoula aboard the Norwegian heavy transport ship Blue Marlin on Dec. 13, 2000.
(By Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs)