USS Cowpens (CG 63), foreground, is followed by USS Lassen (DDG 82), USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) during a photo exercise to kick off ...

The Wilmington area has lost lots of landmarks over the decades. One of the more curious sights that's no longer with us? The so-called USS Belville, later controversially re-christened the USS ...

USS Cowpens, one of Navy’s last Cold War-era cruisers, will be decommissioned in San Diego this summer The ‘Mighty Moo’ helped launch the initial missile attack against Iraq in 2003 ...

The USS Cowpens CVL25 was a light aircraft carrier that served in World War III. It was decommissioned in January 13, 1947. Veteran Sailor Ray Williams, from USS Cowpens CVL25, came back to town ...

Friends and families gather on the pier at Naval Base San Diego for the homecoming of the guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens. (MC3 Will Gaskill) The cruiser Cowpens was halfway through its Western ...

Aegis cruiser USS Cowpens completed a seven-month deployment to the Far East this spring. She had a close call with China’s navy in the South China Sea, among many adventures.

The USS Cowpens was retired on August 28, 2024, after 33 years of service, and the USS Leyte Gulf was decommissioned on September 20, 2024, after 37 years.

Crawford and another Cowpens sailor described the events while waiting for a flight on the USS Kitty Hawk on Sunday. “The guy in front of me jumped so much. It was the loudest bang,” said ...

For those of you who moved to Wilmington or northern Brunswick County less than 30 years ago, the "USS Belville" was a rusty old barge that sat in the Brunswick River off U.S. 17 South and U.S. 74 ...