United States Navy escort carrier CVL-25 Cowpens

Class:Laid down: 11/17/1941
Launched: 1/17/1943 Commissioned: 5/28/1943 Decommissioned: 11/1/1959 Scrapped
Shipyard: New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
Namesake: Revolutionary War battle fought 17 January 1781, 7 miles north of the town of Cowpens, S.C., was an American victory in the campaign which led to the British surrender at Yorktown.
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 33/7a, 45: Ms 22

 

United States Navy aircraft carrier CVL-25 Cowpens
From Till Operation Force Action
43/09/0       joinPac - Panama Canal
43/09/13 43/09/19     sail from San Diego to P.H.
43/09/19 43/09/29     P.H. - training exercises
43/09/29 43/10/11   14 raid -Wake CVG-25
43/10/18       damaged in collision with Abbot in P.H. area
43/10/21 43/12/09 Galvan 50.1 CVG-25: VF-6,VF-25, VC-25
43/12/29       P.H.
44/01/27 44/02/13 Flint 58.3 CVG-25: VF-25,VT-25
44/02/12 44/02/17 Hailst 50.9  
44/02/12 44/02/19 Hailst 58.3  
44/02/20 44/02/22   58.3 raid -Marianas (CVG-25)
44/03/15 44/04/06 Desec1 58.1 raid -Palau - (CVG-25)
44/04/13 44/05/14 Reckle 58.1 CVG-25
44/05/14 44/06/06     Majuro
44/06/06 44/07/10 Forage 58.4 CVG-25
44/06/19   Forage 58.4 xPhilip
44/07/ 44/08     PHNY - overhaul
44/08/17 44/08/28     Eniwetok
44/08/28 44/11/27 King2 38.1 CVG-22
44/10/14 44/10/20 King2 30.3.1 detached to cover "CripDiv1"
44/10/25   King2 38.1 xSamar
44/12/01 44/12/24 Love3 38 land Mindoro
44/12/18     38 damage(typhoon) E of Luzon
44/12/30 45/01/25 Mike1 38.1 CVG-22
45/02/10 45/03/04 Detach 58.3 CVG-46
45/03/07 45/03/28     sail from Ulithi to San Francisco
45/03/28 45/05/21     MINY - overhaul
45/05 45/06/13     P.H. - training
45/06/13 45/06/25     sail (with Hancock) P.H. > San Pedro Bay, Leyte
45/06/20     12.4 raid Wake (with Hancock) - CVG-50
45/07/01 45/08/30   38.4 raid Home Islands (CVG-50
45/08/27 45/09     Tokio Bay
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex CL-77 Huntington, CV-25 > CVL-25 43/07/15
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 12 Battle Stars, NUC Enemy planes destroyed in the air:108 Enemy planes destroyed on the ground: 198 Ship's planes lost to enemy AA: 1 Ship's planes lost to enemy planes: 5
Notice: s dropped: 657 'G code'from 45/07/27: A nickname 'The Mighty Moo'

    Bibliography:

    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • http://www.acesofww2.com/
  • http://www.navsource.org/archives/
  • http://www.battle-fleet.com/
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

This webpage was updated 14th January 2017