USS Hawes (FFG-53) is a later model Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate. She is named for Rear admiral Richard E. Hawes (1894–1968) who was twice decorated with the Navy Cross for submarine salvage operations.
USS Hawes (FFG-53)
USS Hawes (FFG 53) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk, 7 October 2009, after a six-month deployment in the Caribbean and western Atlantic Ocean supporting Operation Carib Venture. The jolly roger, that RADM Hawes designed can be seen
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 she was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor.
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.