Norfolk, Va. - About 300 Norfolk-based sailors are underway to the Mediterranean, anxiously waiting to find out how they will spend the next seven months.
After being delayed over the weekend due to weather, the USS Cole left Naval Station Norfolk Monday afternoon.
The guided missile destroyer will conduct naval security operations and could end up fighting pirates.
But the commanding officer says the crew will not know about their exact mission until they arrive in the Mediterranean.
That's because the ship is equipped to do just about anything.
The Cole is scheduled to be at sea for seven months.
The guided missile destroyer will conduct naval security operations and could end up fighting pirates.
But the commanding officer says the crew will not know about their exact mission until they arrive in the Mediterranean.
That's because the ship is equipped to do just about anything.
The Cole is scheduled to be at sea for seven months.
