MV Blue Marlin
Videos
Blue Marlin and her sister ship Black Marlin compose the Marlin class of semisubmersible heavy-lift ships operated by Dockwise of the Netherlands. Designed to transport very large, semisubmersible dri
Blue Marlin carrying the Sea-Based X-Band Radar
Blue Marlin preparing to offload Ocean Monarch
USS Cole bombing
Videos
The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack by al-Qaeda against USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor.
MV Blue Marlin
…by Dockwise. The United States Navy hired Blue Marlin from Offshore Heavy Transport to move the destroyer USS Cole back to the United States after the warship was damaged by Al-Qaeda suicide bombers while anchored in the port of Aden, Yemen. During the latter part of 2003, work done on Blue Marlin boosted her capacity…
The Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Catawba towing USS Cole after the bombing.
USS Cole after the attack
MV Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole
A wreath laid by the crew of USS Cole at the Norfolk Naval Station memorial, 12 October 2001.