[Quickgun]

Good pics.. And while we shouldn’t put up with any harassment from the Chinese, I’m a Texan, and I’d probably tease anyone that named their boat “Cowpens” at least a little..........

[the OlLine Rebel]

Cowpens was the battle in the RevWar in SC where loyalist dragoon commander Butcher Tarleton had his head handed to him by Dan Morgan in the space of some 20 min.

Lots of areas back then were open space and used as “cow pens”, or pastures. This is just 1 of them and probably gained official naming just because of the pivotal battle.

[artichokegrower]

Cowpens visiting Monterey, CA

http://www.imagekind.com/Visiting-the-Naval-Postgraduate-School-art?IMID=d0fc393c-b497-4871-8e9d-da6a0f14bfa6

[green iguana]

Here’s what the Cowpens is named after:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cowpens

[NorthMountain]

>> I’d probably tease anyone that named their boat “Cowpens” at least a little..........

If you did, you'd reveal a woeful ignorance of the Revolutionary War. Go ahead ... look it up.

[1010RD]

Not if you knew US history.

[NFHale]

“...I’d probably tease anyone that named their boat “Cowpens” at least a little....”

Cowpens was a victory for us, over the Brits/Government forces under Col. Banastre Tarleton, in South Carolina, 1781.

Kicking his Legion’s collective ass was a pretty big deal back in the day.

So it’s kind of fitting to name a ship after a Revolutionary War victory... sorta like the USS Bunker Hill.

Just sayin’...