USS The Sullivans

USS The Sullivans

In 2000, USS The Sullivans destroyer was the target of a failed terror plot in the Port of Aden. The bombers' suicide boat was so overloaded with explosives that it sank. The culprits were able to salvage the explosives, and 9 months later, used them to attack the USS Cole in the same port.

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