USS Cowpens (CVL-25)
Service
- as Cowpens28 May 1943 — 13 January 1947828 days of the war
- Name
- USS Cowpens
- Pennant / hull number
- CVL-25
- Namesake
- Battle of Cowpens
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation
- Laid down
- 17 November 1941
- Launched
- 17 January 1943
- Commissioned
- 28 May 1943
- Decommissioned
- 13 January 1947
- Struck
- 1 November 1959
- Fate
- Sold for scrap in 1960. (1960)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 11,000 long tons (11,177 t)
- Length
- 189.74 m (622.5 ft)
- Beam
- 21.79 m (71.5 ft)
- Draught
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Complement
- 1,569
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
USS Cowpens was a Independence-class aircraft carrier, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number CVL-25. The ship was named after Battle of Cowpens. Her keel was laid at New York Shipbuilding Corporation on 17 November 1941. She entered service on 28 May 1943, having been launched on 17 January 1943.
She was one of 20 ships of her class. The Saipan-class aircraft carrier followed.
Displacement was 11,000 long tons. She measured 189.7 m (623 ft) long with a beam of 21.8 m (71 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,569. Her main battery was of 40 mm (1.6 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 828 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 13 January 1947. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1959.
She was broken up for scrap in 1960.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 26 × Bofors 40 mm guns
- Armour
- 1.5 in-5 in belt, 3 in main deck, 0.38 in bridge
- Aircraft
- Grumman F6F Hellcat, TBF Avenger
Sister ships
- USS Amsterdam (CL-59)
- USS Bataan (CVL-29)
- USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
- USS Buffalo (CL-99)
- USS Cabot (CVL-28)
- USS Dayton (CL-78)
- USS Fargo (CL-85)
- USS Huntington (CL-77)
- USS Independence (CVL-22)
- USS Langley (CVL-27)
- USS Monterey (CVL-26)
- USS New Haven (CL-76)
- USS Newark (CL-100)
- USS Princeton (CV-23)
- USS Princeton (CVL-23)
- USS Reprisal (CV-30)
- USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
- USS Tallahassee (CL-61)
- USS Wilmington (CL-79)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Cowpens (CVL-25) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 96206 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons