WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Navy has finalized a contract with a Norwegian company for its salvage ship Blue Marlin to transport the USS Cole back to the United States. The commercial heavy-lift ship ...

Plans now call for the Blue Marlin, escorted by the USS Donald Cook, to bring the Cole around the tip of Africa, avoiding the Suez Canal. Navy officials say security in the narrow Suez Canal was a ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As investigators continue to probe the attack against the USS Cole, the Pentagon is preparing to appoint a senior retired military officer to conduct an independent ...