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USS ''Cowpens'' (CG-63) is a ''Ticonderoga''-class guided missile cruiser in service with the United States Navy. 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'' is stationed at Naval Base San Diego. ==History== ''Cowpens keel was laid 23 December 1987 at Bath Iron Works; she was launched 11 March 1989 and sponsored by Lucy Mustin, wife of Vice Admiral Henry C. Mustin. ''Cowpens'' was commissioned 9 March 1991 in Charleston, South Carolina,〔 Captain Edward Moore Jr. in command.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Biography of Vice Admiral Edward Moore, Jr. )〕 In January 1993, ''Cowpens'' was one of four ships to launch Tomahawk missiles against a nuclear production facility in Iraq.〔 In August 2000, an Aegis fire controlman died when he fell from the main mast of ''Cowpens''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Cowpens Ship History, year 2000 )〕 In June 2010, a quartermaster fell to his death from the bridge wing of ''Cowpens'' while the ship was in dry dock. In March 2003, the ''Cowpens'', assigned to Carrier Group Five, became the first United States Navy ship to launch ordnance in the opening stages of the Iraq War, firing Tomahawk cruise missiles. This ship was one of several participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.〔Rabiroff, John. ( "U.S. military delivers 40 tons of supplies to hardest-hit areas," ) ''Stars and Stripes'' (US). 17 March 2011.〕 USS ''Cowpens'' was scheduled to be decommissioned on 31 March 2013. However, ''Cowpens'' was retained under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.〔("US Navy to retain four Ticonderoga-class cruisers in service" ). Naval-Technology.com. 28 September 2012, and (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ), p. 5.〕〔(Navy decides not to scrap SD warship ) by Gary Robbins, ''U-T San Diego'', 15 April 2013.〕 In February 2013, ''Cowpens'' was relieved by USS ''Antietam'' in a "hull-swap" at Yokosuka, Japan in which the two crews swapped ships. ''Cowpens'', previously deployed to Yokosuka, was then homeported at Naval Base San Diego, California. In November 2013, after Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines (especially the city of Tacloban and Leyte Province), she was sent there as part of the U.S. aid mission. On 5 December 2013, ''Cowpens'' was involved in a minor confrontation with a Chinese warship that was escorting the Chinese aircraft carrier ''Liaoning'' while conducting surveillance of Chinese ships in International waters in the South China Sea. After ''Cowpens'' refused a Chinese demand to leave the area, a Chinese amphibious transport dock crossed directly in front of the ''Cowpens'' and halted. The two vessels were barely 500 yards away when the captain of ''Cowpens'' ordered "all stop". Chinese admiral Yin Zhuo said that the Chinese action was intentional and that American ships sent to observe PLAN maneuvers would be "blocked". Pentagon spokesman Steve Warren said that American procedures had not been changed in light of the incident, but defense analyst Tim Brown said that it reflected "a growing willingness by the Chinese to engage in potentially reckless behavior". In September 2015, ''Cowpens'' transferred from Naval Surface Forces Command to Naval Sea Systems Command, where she will undergo a "modernization period", extending the serviceable life of the ship into the 2040's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Cowpens (CG-63)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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