The USS Cole (DDG-67) was rolled onto Northrop Grumman's floating drydock in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Structural replacements and repairs are complete, and the destroyer will be redelivered to the Navy next spring. The Navy relaunched the repaired destroyer on 14 September, at night and a day early, because of security concerns in the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

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