USS Cowpens (CG-63)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Cowpens.
USS Cowpens (CG-63) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in service with the United States Navy. 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 is stationed at Naval Base San Diego.
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USS Cowpens in San Diego on 8 April 2013 | |
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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 |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Nickname(s) | The Mighty Moo[1] |
Status | SLEP (Service Life Extension Program) |
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Class and 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. |
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