USS Cole (DDG-67) 1998 MAIDEN DEPLOYMENT Long Sleeve T-Shirt

USS Cole (DDG-67) sailed her maiden deployment in 1998, just two years after her April 8, 1996 commissioning. She was a new ship and a new crew — heading into a world that felt, if not settled, at least familiar. None of them knew what awaited in the harbor at Aden two years later. The sailors of that 1998 maiden deployment hold something rare: a piece of Cole's story before history changed everything. What they carry is pure, uncomplicated pride — the pride of the first crew to take her to sea.

• 100% polyester
• Regular fit
• Taped neck and shoulders