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To: markomalley

USS Cowpens (CG-63) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in service with the United States Navy.

Armament:

2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems

122 × Mix of RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB, RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162A ESSM, RIM-174A Standard ERAM, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139A VL-ASROC

8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles

2 × Mk 45 Mod 2 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun

2 × 25 mm Mk 38 gun

2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun

2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B

2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes for lightweight torpedoes


98 posted on 12/13/2013 7:10:14 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Last Obamacare Promise: "If You Like Your Eternal Soul, You Can Keep It.")
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
She is also not the first USS Cowpens:
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The USS Cowpens was an Independence class light carrier built on a Cleveland-class light cruiser hull. The Independence class ships were built on an emergency stop-gap basis to provide carriers for the fleet as it became clear that the USN needed more carriers quickly, and before the Essex class fleet carriers were available in quantity.
123 posted on 12/13/2013 7:38:00 AM PST by henkster (Communists never negotiate.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
USS Cowpens (CG-63) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in service with the United States Navy.
Armament:
2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems
122 × Mix of RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB, RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162A ESSM, RIM-174A Standard ERAM, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139A VL-ASROC
8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
2 × Mk 45 Mod 2 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 gun
2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun
2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B
2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes for lightweight torpedoes

She can also call in a B-52 Strike, but you know that ain't gonna happen...

359 posted on 12/14/2013 3:03:59 PM PST by FDNYRHEROES (It's 3 AM. Let me sleep on it. I'll get back to you in 16 hours.)
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