USS Cowpens (CG-63) was a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in service with the United States Navy from 1991 to 2024. The ship is named after the Battle of Cowpens, a major American victory near Cowpens, South Carolina, in the American Revolution. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Maine. Cowpens was last stationed at Naval Base San ...

SAN DIEGO — The guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) was inducted as the first ship to undergo a modernization effort that will significantly upgrade its capabilities in multiple...

Aug 28, 2024 · SAN DIEGO – Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) was recognized for more than 33 years of naval service during the decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on...

Aug 28, 2024 · Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63), a ship that helped establish the Tomahawk cruise missile as one of the military’s most feared weapons, was retired Tuesday at...

CG-63 General Specifications. Class: Ticonderoga-class cruiser. Named for: The Battle of Cowpens. Complement: 33 Officers and 357 Enlisted. Displacement: 9600 tons. Length: 567 feet . Beam: 55 feet . Flank Speed: 32 Knots

Jun 9, 2024 · The decommissioning schedule for the U.S. Navy’s remaining 13 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers has been set. Next to leave service will be the Vicksburg (CG 69) in June 2024, followed by the Cowpens (CG 63) in August, Antietam (CG 54) …

USS COWPENS (CG 63) is the seventeenth AEGIS cruiser of the Ticonderoga class. She was launched in Bath, Maine on March 11, 1989 and commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina on...

USS COWPENS was the 17 th TICONDEROGA class guided missile cruiser and the fifth ship in that class built by Bath Iron Works in Maine. In January 2013, the COWPENS was relieved as a forward deployed naval unit by her sistership ANTIETAM (CG 54).

INDIAN OCEAN, 3 August 2006 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) sails along side USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) while transiting through heavy seas during a close steaming exercise. Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier.

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.