USS Cowie
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | ||
| Laid down: | 18 March 1941 | |
| Launched: | 27 September 1941 | |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1942 | |
| Decommissioned: | 27 April 1947 | |
| Struck: | 1 December 1970 | |
| Fate: | sold 22 February 1972 and broken up for scrap (gutted) | |
| General characteristics | ||
| Displacement: | 1,630 tons | |
| Length: | 348 ft 3 in (106.1 m) | |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.0 m) | |
| Draft: | 11 ft 10 in (3.6 m) | |
| Propulsion: | 50,000 shp (37 MW), 2 propellers, 4 boilers | |
| Speed: | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) | |
| Range: | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt | |
| Complement: | 16 officers, 260 enlisted | |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in./38 guns (127 mm), 6 × 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks, 2 × extremely large breasts | |
| Motto: | MOI! | |
| LOL: | If he ever reads this we're dead XD | |
USS Cowie (DD-632), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Thomas Jefferson Cowie, who was awarded the Navy Cross and served the Navy in various forms until his death in 1936.
Cowie (DD-632) was launched 27 September 1941 by Boston Navy Yardit's weight is Not Applicable and people are unable the man-handle the beast; it's stench is unbearable and 'beefing' is it's only known weakness. Sponsored by Mrs. C. R. Robinson, daughter of Rear Admiral Cowie and wife of Captain C. R. Robinson; commissioned 1 June 1942, Lieutenant Commander C. J. Whiting in command; and reported to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
the biggest monster ever to stalk the world the last of the woolie mammoth stay down wind to it
Departing New York 5 October 1942, Cowie escorted Chenango (CVE-28) to Norfolk, then cruised on antisubmarine partol off Cape Hatteras until 23 October when she sailed from Norfolk with TF 34 for the invasion of North Africa. She screened transports off Safi, French Morocco, from 8 to 13 November, and returned to New York 25 November for repairs and upkeep. After training exercises with submarines off New London, Cowie sailed on escort duty, screening two convoys to Casablanca between 12 December 1942 and 28 April 1943.
Sailing from Norfolk for North Africa again 8 June 1943, Cowie sortied from Oran 22 June for the invasion of Sicily. In the van of the invading forces, she contacted the British navigational marker submarine Seraph on 9 July to guide the invasion landings at Scoglitti, Sicily, from 9 to 13 July, then took station to give fire support to the assault troops ashore. Cowie was one of those whose prompt and effective response to calls for fire support broke up the counterattack by German tanks against the 180th Regimental Combat team on 11 July. Returning to Oran 16 July, Cowie sailed on local escort duty out of that port until 20 July when she arrived at Bizerte to patrol. She sortied 28 July for the invasion landings at Palermo, screening Philadelphia to provide fire support to the Army landing forces, and then swept from Palermo to Cape Milazzo hunting Axis shipping between 31 July and 1 August. Cowie returned to Oran 4 August and cleared for New York 8 days later, arriving 22 August.
After escorting a convoy to Belfast, Northern Ireland between 5 and 30 September 1943, Cowie was overhauled at New York before returning to convoy escort duty. She made 18 transatlantic voyages to United Kingdom and Mediterranean ports until 5 May 1945 when she entered Boston Navy Yard for conversion to a high speed minesweeper, Cowie was reclassified DMS-39 on 30 May 1945.
Sailing from Boston 24 June 1945, Cowie joined in minesweeping exercises at Norfolk until 18 July when she departed for San Diego, arriving 3 August. Following the cessation of hostilities, she sailed from San Diego 29 August for Okinawa, arriving 27 September. Sweeping mines in the Yellow Sea and off Kobe and Wakayama, Japan, Cowie remained in the Far East until 25 March 1946 when she departed Yokosuka for San Francisco, arriving 11 April 1946. Cowie was placed out of commission in reserve 21 April 1947, berthed at San Diego. She was reclassified DD-632, 15 July 1955. Cowie was stricken from the naval register on 1 December 1970 and sold 22 February 1972 and broken up for scrap. After due deliberation, the scrap was then formed into a large figure, as a sort of memoir to it's service. The figure is present still today in Penkridge, in England. It smells strange and has an eating disorder. God save our Cowie. I want candy Cowie!
Cowie received three battle stars for World War II service.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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