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Cowpens (Aircraft carrier)

LC control no.n 97030648
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Corporate name headingCowpens (Aircraft carrier)
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Variant(s)USS Cowpens (Aircraft carrier)
U.S.S. Cowpens (Aircraft carrier)
Cowpens (Aircraft carrier : CVL-25)
CVL-25 (Aircraft carrier)
Mighty Moo (Aircraft carrier)
Beginning date1943-01-17
Ending date1960-05
Found inCombat carriers, 1997: CIP galley (USS Cowpens, CVL-25; U.S.S. Cowpens, CVL-25; aircraft carrier; fourth ship of Independence-class; in 1943 arrived in Pacific in WWII; another USS Cowpens, CG-63, guided missile cruiser, was commissioned in 1991)
The Mighty Moo, 2024: CIP galley (The USS Cowpens, affectionately known as “The Mighty Moo;” designed as a light cruiser; earlier name Huntington; launched January 17, 1943; inactivated in February of 1946; she was mothballed at anchor outside San Francisco; sold for $273,389 in May 1960 to a scrapping company, and by October of 1961 she was gone)