NORFOLK (Oct. 12, 2018) Retired Lt. Elroy Newton points to his photo in his cruise book from the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). Newton served aboard Cole as a chief gas turbine systems technician (electrical) from April to December 2000. Cole friends, family and shipmates, both past and present, gathered on board Naval Station Norfolk for the 18th remembrance of the USS Cole terrorist attack. Seventeen Sailors lost their lives and another 39 sustained injuries while the crew worked for 96 consecutive hours to keep the ship afloat.

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