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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6305. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title X, insert
the following:
SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NAMING A NAVY SHIP IN HONOR OF
THE BATTLE OF COWPENS.
(a) Findings.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On January 17, 1781, at the Battle of Cowpens, near
Chesnee, South Carolina, American forces engaged British
forces as part of the Southern Campaign of the American
Revolution.
(2) The defeat of British forces at the Battle of Cowpens
“became known as the turning point of the war in the South”
and was “part of a chain of events leading to Patriot
victory at Yorktown”.
(3) The United States Navy has named two warships after the
consequential Battle of Cowpens.
(4) The first USS Cowpens (CVL-25) was an Independence-
class light aircraft carrier and received 12 battle stars and
a Navy Unit Commendation for service to the United States
during World War II.
(5) The USS Cowpens (CVL-25) was known by the nickname the
“Mighty Moo”.
(6) During service in the Pacific theater in World War II,
the Mighty Moo conducted 2,452 action sorties, destroyed 306
enemy aircraft, sank 39 enemy merchant vessels, and became
the first light aircraft carrier to enter Tokyo Bay.
(7) On March 9, 1991, in Charleston, South Carolina, the
United States Navy commissioned the second USS Cowpens (CG-
63).
(8) The crew of the USS Cowpens (CG-63) proudly carried on
the tradition of calling the second vessel in the United
States Navy to be named after the Battle of Cowpens the
“Mighty Moo”.
(9) Throughout 33 years of service, the USS Cowpens (CG-63)
deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and
Operation Iraqi Freedom as well various humanitarian and
disaster relief operations.
(10) The USS Cowpens (CG-63) was decommissioned in 2024.
(11) There is currently no ship in the United States Navy
that carries the name and tradition of the “Mighty Moo”.
(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that
the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate United
States Navy ship in honor of the pivotal American
Revolutionary battle known as the “Battle of Cowpens”.