NNS020410-07. USS Cole Returning to the Fleet
From Chief Journalist David Nagle, Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (NNS) -- USS Cole (DDG 67) is scheduled to depart from Pascagoula, Miss., and return to the fleet on April 19, after a successful 14-month repair effort following her arrival aboard the Norwegian heavy transport ship Blue Marlin on Dec. 13, 2000.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Operations, in coordination with the Navy's Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Repair and Conversion (SUPSHIP) Pascagoula, recently completed repairs to the AEGIS destroyer, which included replacing more than 550 tons of steel on the exterior plating and major upgrades giving it more in common with the latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Upon its departure from Pascagoula, Cole will return to its homeport in Norfolk, Va.
Media representatives are invited to participate in an availability on April 18, and cover the Cole's departure on April 19. Media wishing to participate should call the Navy/Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Operations Media Center in Pascagoula at (228) 769-4375 beginning Thursday, April 11, and no later than 4 p.m. local time, Tuesday, April 16, 2002.
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