# Bringing the USS Cole home. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-uss-cole-home/41090 "2000-11-14T00:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KP235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@KP235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP235)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-uss-cole-home/41090/1 "2000-11-14T00:30:53Z")
I was recently sent a JPG of the USS Cole on it’s trip home. It was placed on the back of a very large transport vessel named ‘Blue Marlin’. The Blue Marlin does not appear to be a USN ship, at least the logo on the back of it did not look to be military. I was wondering whos ship this was, the designed purpose of it, and it’s specs. I am guessing it was designed for construction of oil rigs, but being curious, I’d like to know for sure. I did a quick search of the USCG registry, but didn’t find it. Thanks for any help you can offer. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-uss-cole-home/41090/2 "2000-11-14T00:34:52Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/scandinavia/11/06/norway.seagoing.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/scandinavia/11/06/norway.seagoing.ap/index.html) _The Blue Marlin_ is one of a few ships in the world that would be capable of carrying the _USS Cole_ the way that it is. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-uss-cole-home/41090/3 "2000-11-14T00:40:57Z")
If you do a search on USS Cole here, you’ll find a thread where I posted a link to a very good picture of the ship in action. I’ve lost the picture and the link since then, or I’d post it again. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-uss-cole-home/41090/4 "2000-11-14T00:50:14Z")
Wow, I blink and before I can supply a link, you guys already answer. The [iBlue Marlin\* is owned by [Offshore Heavy Transport](http://www.oht.no/) which have some nifty animations on how the ship works. She’s flown under the Panamanian flag. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-uss-cole-home/41090/5 "2000-11-14T00:54:26Z")
I’m in a good mood so I looked up **smeg’s** [link](http://www.oht.no/projects/p26.html). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-uss-cole-home/41090/6 "2000-11-14T02:14:41Z")
Tip o’ the hat to **CnoteChris**. ---
**Author:** ![KP235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@KP235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP235)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-uss-cole-home/41090/7 "2000-11-14T04:57:20Z")
Right on the money there my friends. That is the exact info I was looking for. Thanks much for the help. (That is an awesome ship, aint it ?)