Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/USS Cole

Cole under tow

The USS Cole (DDG 67) is towed away from the port city of Aden, Yemen, into open sea by the Military Sealift Command ocean-going tug USNS Catawba (T-ATF 168) on Oct. 29, 2000. Cole will be placed aboard the Norwegian heavy transport ship M/V Blue Marlin and transported back to the United States for repair. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was the target of a suspected terrorist attack in the port of Aden on Oct. 12, 2000, during a scheduled refueling. The attack killed 17 crew members and injured 39 others.

Reason

Historical Significance

Articles this image appears in

USS Cole bombing

Creator

Sgt. Don L. Maes, U.S. Marine Corps

• Support as nominator — TomStar81 (Talk) 09:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. Blown out sky and ship is not sharp at full resolution. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Support Ship is not at full resolution but is a very good picture --St.daniel ^Talk 12:02, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose seriously blown out sky, grainy --gren グレン 16:44, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose , poor quality and not really historically that significant.--Svetovid 00:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 11:58, 28 May 2007 (UTC)