US Navy USS Cole (DDG-67) Zippo & Challenge Coin - both in very good condition. The USS Cole is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer home-ported in Norfolk, Virginia. On 12 October 2000, Cole was bombed in a suicide attack carried out by the terrorist organization al-Qaeda in the Yemeni port of Aden, killing 17 sailors, injuring 39 others, and damaging the ship. It was repaired and returned to service.