Cowpens Photographs | World War II Database


Marines exercising on Cowpens' flight deck, circa mid-1943	USS Cowpens near Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 Jun 1943

Cowpens underway, 17 Jul 1943, photo 1 of 2	Cowpens underway, 17 Jul 1943, photo 2 of 2

Avenger torpedo bomber landing on Cowpens, circa Nov-Dec 1943	Sailors gathered on Cowpens' flight deck, circa Nov-Dec 1943

The tail of an F6F Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-25 being yanked to the deck as the tailhook catches a wire aboard the USS Cowpens off Makin Atoll (now Butaritari), 20 Nov 1943	Firefighters extinguishing a burning Hellcat fighter on Cowpens, 24 Nov 1943

Hellcat fighters warming up aboard USS Cowpens during Marshall Islands Campaign, Jan 1944	Cowpens en route to Palaus, 31 Aug 1944

US Navy Captain Herbert W. Taylor of USS Cowpens awarding African-American Stewards Mate 3rd Class Fred Magee, Jr. with commendation of the Secretary of the Navy, Oct 1944	Captain George DeBaun (center) relieved Captain Herbert Taylor (left) of Cowpens, Nov 1944

USS Cowpens rolling in heavy seas in Typhoon Cobra in the Pacific Ocean, 18 Dec 1944	Ships of the US fleet at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Feb 1945. Visible are 7 large carriers, 3 light carriers, 3 battleships, and numerous cruisers, destroyers, and support vessels including 1 hospital ship.

Cowpens off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 12 May 1945