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Cowpens |
Name: |
Huntington (Laid down as) Cowpens (Mar. 27, 1942) |
Type: |
Light Cruiser (Laid down as) Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
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Hull Number: |
CL-77 CV-25 (March 27, 1942) CVL-25 (July 15, 1943) AVT-1 (May 15, 1959) |
Built By: |
New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, New Jersey |
Awarded: |
September 9, 1940 March 27, 1942 reordered as carrier |
Keel Laid Down: |
November 17, 1941 |
Launched: |
January 17, 1943 |
Christened By: |
Mrs. Margaret Halsey Spruance (Daughter of Admiral William F. Halsey) |
Commissioned: |
May 28, 1943 |
Decommissioned: |
January 13, 1947 |
Stricken: |
November 1, 1959 |
Fate: |
Sold on May 5, 1960 to Zidell Exploration Inc of Portland, Oregon for $273,389.98 and scrapped. Scrapping completed on Oct. 19, 1961
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Dimensions are general for class |
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Length: |
622' 6" OA |
Beam: |
71' 6" 109' 2"(Flight deck) |
Draft: |
26' |
Displacement: |
11,000 Standard 4,800 DWT 15,800 Full |
Engines: |
4 x Geared Steam Turbines |
SHP: |
100,000 |
Boilers: |
4 x Babcock & Wilcox |
Screws: |
4 |
Speed: |
31.6 knots |
Range: |
12,500 NM @ 15 knots |
Crew: |
1,560 |
Armament (As completed) |
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8 x 40mm/56 (in 2 quad mounts, 1 fore, 1 aft) 18 x 40mm/56 (In 9 twin mounts, 5 port, 4 starboard) 16 x 20mm/70 (In single mounts) 45 aircraft |
Commanders |
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May 28, 1943 |
May 18, 1944 |
Capt. Robert P. McConnell |
May 18, 1944 |
Jan. 13, 1947 |
Capt. Hubert W. Taylor |
Battle Stars |
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Oct. 5, 1943 |
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Pacific Raids: Wake Island raid |
Nov. 19, 1943 |
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Gilbert Islands Operation |
Jan. 31, 1944 |
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Marshall Islands Operation: Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls |
Feb. 16, 1944 |
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Asiatic-Pacific Raids: Truk attack |
Apr. 21, 1944 |
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Hollandia Operation: Aitape-Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay |
June 11, 1944 |
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Marianas Operation: Capture and occupation of Saipan |
Sept. 6, 1944 |
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Western Caroline Islands: Capture and occupation of south Palau Islands |
Sept. 15, 1944 |
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Western New Guinea Operations: Morotai landings |
Oct. 10, 1944 |
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Leyte Operation: 3rd Fleet supporting operations Okinawa attack |
Jan. 3, 1945 |
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Luzon Operation: 3rd Fleet supporting operations - Formosa attacks |
Feb. 15, 1945 |
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Iwo Jima Operation: Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima |
July 10, 1945 |
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3rd Fleet operations against Japan |
Awards |
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Navy Unit Commendation |
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American Area Campaign Medal |
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Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with Asia Clasp |
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World War 2 Victory Medal |
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Navy Occupation Medal |
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Philippine Liberation Campaign Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars |
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Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation |