Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Cowpens, after the Battle of Cowpens during the American Revolutionary War. The first Cowpens (CVL-25) was a light aircraft carrier active in World War II and decommissioned in 1946. The second Cowpens (CG-63) is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1991 and on active service as of 2003. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.