USS Cowpens (CVL-25)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Cowpens.
USS Cowpens (CV-25/CVL-25/AVT-1), nicknamed The Mighty Moo, was an 11,000-ton Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947.[1]
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USS Cowpens, with sister ship USS Independence in distance, August 1944 | |
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United States | |
Name | Cowpens |
Namesake | Battle of Cowpens |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
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Launched | 17 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 May 1943 |
Decommissioned | 13 January 1947 |
Reclassified | 15 May 1959 (as AVT-1, while in reserve) |
Identification | Hull number CVL-25 |
Nickname(s) | The Mighty Moo |
Honors and awards | Navy Unit Commendation, 12 Battle Stars |
Fate | 1 November 1959 Stricken from Navy List. Sold for scrap in 1960. |
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General characteristics | |
Displacement | 11,000 tons |
Length | 622.5 ft (189.7 m) |
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Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Complement | 1,569 officers and men |
Armament | 26 × Bofors 40 mm guns |
Armor | 1.5 in-5 in belt, 3 in main deck, 0.38 in bridge |
Aircraft carried | Grumman F6F Hellcat, TBF Avenger |
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Cowpens, named for the Battle of Cowpens of the Revolutionary War, was launched on 17 January 1943 at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, in Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Bradford Spruance (née Halsey, daughter of Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.) and commissioned on 28 May 1943 by Captain R. P. McConnell. She was reclassified CVL-25 on 15 July 1943. Cowpens completed her active service at the end of 1946.[2]