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US Navy - Guided Missile Cruiser
CG 63 - USS Cowpens
 
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Type, class: Guided Missile Cruiser (CG); Ticonderoga class
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
  
STATUS:
Awarded: January 8, 1986
Laid down: December 23, 1987
Launched: March 11, 1989
Commissioned: March 9, 1991

IN SERVICE
 

Homeport: Naval Base San Diego, California
 Namesake: the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, 1781
Ships Motto: VICTORIA LIBERTATIS VINDEX (victory vindicates liberty)
Technical Data: see: INFO > Ticonderoga class Guided Missile Cruiser - CG
 
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in September 2015, USS Cowpens transferred from Naval Surface Forces Command to Naval Sea Systems Command,
where she will undergo modernization

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returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - April 2014

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returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - April 2014

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South China Sea - October 2013

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South China Sea - October 2013

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departing Naval Base San Diego, California - September 2013

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arriving at her new homeport, Naval Base San Diego, California - April 2013

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arriving at her new homeport, Naval Base San Diego, California - April 2013

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Philippine Sea - November 2012

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Mk.45 Mod.2 (5-inches/54-caliber) gun - October 2012

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missile live firing exercise - Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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a Standard Missile SM-2 was fired - Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS fire exercise - Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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during Exercise Valiant Shield - Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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an RGM-84 Harpoon SSM was fired - Exercise Valiant Shield - Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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Mk.45 gun fire exercise - Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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Mk.45 gun fire exercise - Pacific Ocean - September 2012

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White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan - July 2012

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White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan - July 2012

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Pacific Ocean - July 2012

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South China Sea - July 2012

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gun control console - Pacific Ocean - April 2012

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returning to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - November 2011

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Mk.45 gun fire exercise - Pacific Ocean - September 2011

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Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS fire exercise - Pacific Ocean - September 2011

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returning to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - August 2011

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returning to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - August 2011

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sonar console - June 2011

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in dry-dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - July 2010

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in dry-dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - July 2010

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propulsion control - May 2010

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Pacific Ocean - November 2009

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Pacific Ocean - August 2009

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Manado Bay during the Indonesian International Fleet Review - August 2009

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Manado Bay during the Indonesian International Fleet Review - August 2009

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Manado Bay during the Indonesian International Fleet Review - August 2009

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Pacific Ocean - May 2009

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Pacific Ocean - September 2008

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Philippine Sea - November 2007

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during Exercise Valiant Shield - Pacific Ocean - August 2007

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during Exercise Valiant Shield - Pacific Ocean - August 2007

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Pacific Ocean - August 2007

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Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - October 2006

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Fremantle, Australia - August 2006

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Pacific Ocean - June 2006

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Pacific Ocean - June 2006

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Pacific Ocean - March 2006

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Pacific Ocean - December 2005

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Pacific Ocean - November 2005

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Coral Sea - July 2005

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a BQM-74E aerial target drone was launched - off Okinawa, Japan - February 2005

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Pacific Ocean - February 2005

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Goa, India - October 2004

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Combat Information Center (CIC) - Pacific Ocean - June 2004

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Combat Information Center (CIC) - Pacific Ocean - June 2004

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in dry-dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - March 2004

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in dry-dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - March 2004

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in dry-dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - March 2004

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in dry-dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - March 2004

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in dry-dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - March 2004

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in dry-dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - March 2004

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Pacific Ocean - October 2003

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launching a BGM-109 Tomahawk TLAM in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - March 2003

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Arabian Gulf - February 2003

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January 2003

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January 2003

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Singapore - February 2001

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Persian Gulf - September 1998

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Persian Gulf - September 1998

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Persian Gulf - September 1998

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Sydney, Australia - 1997

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arriving at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991

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arriving at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991

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arriving at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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sea trials off New England - October 1990

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shortly after launching at Bath Iron Works, Maine - March 11, 1989

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shortly after launching at Bath Iron Works, Maine - March 11, 1989

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shortly after launching at Bath Iron Works, Maine - March 11, 1989

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ready for launching at Bath Iron Works, Maine - March 11, 1989

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ready for launching at Bath Iron Works, Maine - March 11, 1989

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ready for launching at Bath Iron Works, Maine - March 11, 1989
 
 
USS Cowpens (CG 63):
 
USS COWPENS deployed in 1996 for a six-month period to the Arabian Gulf as part of the KITTY HAWK Task Group.

USS COWPENS, took part, along with the USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) and USS JARRETT (FFG 33), in a live standard-missile firing exercise in the Southern California operating areas in the fall of 1997. The exercise was a "Proof Of Concept" demonstration to see if the Navy could safely conduct live surface-to-air missile firings off the coast of San Diego, and possibly reduce the costs of conducting training.

USS COWPENS deloyed in 1998 for six months to the Western Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf.

USS COWPENS underwent a regular overhaul that was completed in December 1999. Southwest Marine, Inc., San Diego, CA, was awarded an $8,719,494 firm-fixed-price with performance fee contract for the overhaul; work for which was performed in San Diego, CA.

USS COWPENS joined the Forward Deployed Naval Forces of Seventh Fleet, replacing the USS MOBILE BAY (CG 53), in July 2000.

The ship completed internationally successful diplomatic visits to Vladivostok, Russia. The COWPENS, after a deployment to the Indian Ocean, and visiting along the way Guam, Singapore, Thailand and India, paid a visit to Mumbai, India as the US Navy representative to the 2001 International Fleet Review. She was one of 97 ships representing more than 30 countries. USS COWPENS played an active role in the relief effort following January earthquakes in northwestern India, delivering medical and humanitarian supplies.

COWPENS also participated in several bi-lateral and multilateral exercises with the navies of Japan and Korea. This included Annual Exercise 2001 - a bilateral training drill between the Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, in November, in which the Aegis-Guided missile cruiser was the Navy’s centerpiece for the exercise while the USS KITTY HAWK deployed to the Indian Ocean for Operation Enduring Freedom. Operationally, COWPENS also supported highly sensitive escort missions and Operation NOBLE EAGLE. USS COWPENS also operated in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM conducting Strait of Malacca escort operations.

In March 2003, Cowpens, assigned to Carrier Group Five, became the first United States Navy ship to launch ordnance in the opening stages of the Iraq War, firing Tomahawk cruise missiles.

This ship was one of several participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Cowpens was scheduled to be decommissioned on 31 March 2013. However, Cowpens was retained under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.

In February 2013, Cowpens was relieved by Antietam in a "hull-swap" at Yokosuka, Japan, in which the two crews swapped ships. Cowpens, previously deployed to Yokosuka, was then homeported at Naval Base San Diego, California.

On 5 December 2013, Cowpens was involved in a minor confrontation with a Chinese warship that was escorting the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning while conducting surveillance of Chinese ships in International waters in the South China Sea. After Cowpens refused a Chinese demand to leave the area, a Chinese amphibious transport dock crossed directly in front of Cowpens and halted. The two vessels were barely 500 yards (460 m) away when the captain of Cowpens ordered "all stop". Chinese admiral Yin Zhuo said that the Chinese action was intentional and that American ships sent to observe PLAN maneuvers would be "blocked". Pentagon spokesman Steve Warren said that American procedures had not been changed in light of the incident, but defense analyst Tim Brown said that it reflected "a growing willingness by the Chinese to engage in potentially reckless behavior".

In September 2015, Cowpens transferred from Naval Surface Forces Command to Naval Sea Systems Command, where she will undergo a "modernization period", extending the serviceable life of the ship into the 2040's.
 
The Battle of Cowpens (January 17, 1781)
 
... was an engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina, between U.S. forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, as part of the campaign in the Carolinas (North and South). The battle was a turning point in the American reconquest of South Carolina from the British.

Morgan's forces conducted a double envelopment of Tarleton's forces, the only double envelopment of the war. Tarleton's force of 1000 British troops were set against 2000 troops under Morgan. Morgan's forces suffered casualties of only 25 killed and 124 wounded. Tarleton's force was almost completely eliminated with almost 30% casualties and 55% of his force captured or missing, with Tarleton himself and only about 200 British troops escaping.

A small force of the Continental Army under the command of Morgan had marched to the west of the Catawba River, in order to forage for supplies and raise the morale of local colonial sympathizers. The British had received incorrect reports that Morgan's army was planning to attack the important strategic fort of Ninety Six, held by American Loyalists to the British Crown and located in the west of the Carolinas. The British considered Morgan's army a threat to their left flank. General Charles Cornwallis dispatched cavalry (dragoons) commander Tarleton to defeat Morgan's command. Upon learning Morgan's army was not at Ninety Six, Tarleton, bolstered by British reinforcements, set off in hot pursuit of the American detachment.

Morgan resolved to make a stand near the Broad River. He selected a position on two low hills in open woodland, with the expectation that the aggressive Tarleton would make a headlong assault without pausing to devise a more intricate plan. He deployed his army in three main lines. Tarleton's army, after an exhausting march, reached the field malnourished and heavily fatigued. Tarleton attacked immediately; however, the American defense-in-depth absorbed the impact of the British attack. The British lines lost their cohesion as they hurried after the retreating Americans. When Morgan's army went on the offensive, it wholly overwhelmed Tarleton's force.

Tarleton's brigade was wiped out as an effective fighting force, and, coupled with the British defeat at the Battle of Kings Mountain in the northwest corner of South Carolina, this action compelled Cornwallis to pursue the main southern American army into North Carolina, leading to the Battle of Guilford Court House, and Cornwallis's eventual defeat at the siege of Yorktown in Virginia in October 1781.
 
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