USS Cowpens (CG-63)
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| Image:USSCowpensCG-63.jpgUSS Cowpens pulls alongside Kitty Hawk. | |
| Career | Image:Naval Jack of the United States.svg |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 8 January 1986 |
| Laid down: | 23 December 1987 |
| Launched: | 11 March 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 9 March 1991 |
| Status: | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
| Homeport: | Yokosuka, Japan |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,600 tons |
| Length: | 567 ft |
| Beam: | 55 ft |
| Draft: | 33 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 387 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 122 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-ASROC, 8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 2–4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60 helicopters |
| Motto: | Victoria Libertatis Vindex ("Victory Vindicates Liberty") |
USS Cowpens (CG-63) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Cowpens, an American victory in the Carolinas, in the American Revolution.
In 2003, Cowpens became the first USN ship to attack in the new war with Iraq. She fired the first 37 Tomahawk cruise missiles.
See USS Cowpens for other ships of this name.
Image:USSCowpensCG-63Crest.jpg
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
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