USS Cowpens (CG-63)
USS Cowpens in San Diego on 8 April 2013 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Cowpens |
| Namesake | Battle of Cowpens |
| Ordered | 8 January 1986 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 23 December 1987 |
| Launched | 11 March 1989 |
| Sponsored by | Lucy Mustin |
| Commissioned | 9 March 1991 |
| Decommissioned | 28 August 2024 |
| Homeport | San Diego |
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| Nickname(s) | The Mighty Moo |
| Status | Decommissioned, sent to Reserve Fleet |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
| Displacement | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
| Length | 567 feet (173 m) |
| Beam | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
| Draft | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
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| Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
USS Cowpens (CG-63) was a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in service with the United States Navy from 1991 to 2024. The ship is named after the Battle of Cowpens, a major American victory near Cowpens, South Carolina, in the American Revolution. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Maine. Cowpens was last stationed at Naval Base San Diego.