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No Photo Available	-	John G. Cowell, born 18 September 1785 in Marblehead, Mass., entered the Navy as a master 21 January 1809. As acting lieutenant, Cowell was severely wounded, losing a leg, in the action on 28 March 1814 between Essex and HMS Phoebe and HMS Cherub off Valparaiso, Chile. Refusing to be carried below, Cowell cheered his companions on through the remainder of the action. He was carried on shore, and exhibited such gallantry and courage under severe pain until his death on 18 April that the people of Valparaiso honored him with a burial place in their principal church; a most unusual honor for a foreigner.		Robert M. Cieri
	82k	Artist's conception of the Cowell as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	94k	Undated, location unknown.		Frank Muth
	80k	Undated, location unknown. In honor of QM3 Edwin T. Harris.		Dennis R. Heisey
	79k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	94k	Photo #: 80-G-K-2203, USS Cowell (DD-547) returns a pilot to his aircraft carrier, after rescuing him during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Photo is dated 28 October 1944, a few days after the battle. The carrier may be USS Intrepid (CV-11). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Tony Cowart
	126k	Early postwar.		Marc Piché
	17k	In moth balls at Long Beach early 1951 prior to recommissioning for the Korean War. USS Prichett (DD-561), USS Cushing (DD-797) and USS Cowell (DD-547).		Harry Galbraith
	109k	Photo #: NH 99191, USS Cowell (DD-547) underway, probably at the time she was recommissioned in September 1951. This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was taken some eight years earlier. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Tony Cowart
	86k	Off the California coast, circa 1956.		Marc Piché
	59k	USS Owen (DD-536), USS Cowell (DD-547), USS Twining (DD540) and USS Pritchett (DD-561) in Yokosuka, Fall 1959.		Derick Hartshorn
	226k	September 9 1960.		Ed Zajkowski
	122k	USS Ajax (AR-6) Flagship of Commander Service Squadron THREE, with five Seventh Fleet destroyers alongside, circa 1962. The destroyers are (from left to right): USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838); USS Rupertus (DD-851); USS Trathen (DD-530); USS Cowell (DD-547); and USS Black (DD-666). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	95k	Off Hawaii 1963.		Robert Hurst
	60k	San Francisco March 1968.		Marc Piché
	58k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	71k	Ship's patch circa 1953.		Mike Smolinski
	88k	Ship's patch circa 1967.		Mike Smolinski
On Argentinian Service
	146k	The First and Second Destroyer Divisions in 1979 at the Naval Base of Puerto Belgrano, near Bahia Blanca in the south part of Buenos Aires Province. Since no hull numbers can be seen it is impossible to accurately identify each ship, however, the ships present include the D 22 Rosales (ex DD 644 Stembel), D 29 Piedrabuena (ex DD 730 Collett), D 25 Seguí (ex DD 702 Hank), D 23 Domecq Garcia (ex DD630 Braine), D 24 Storni (ex DD 547 Cowell), D 27 Py (ex DD 877 Perkins) and the D 26 Bouchard (ex DD 704 Borie). Additional info thanks to Adalberto Alvarez; "In the photograph, the ships on the right belong to the 2nd Division of Destroyers. On the left, we see the 1st Division of Destroyers, and we find the Bouchard among these. (The Bouchard was assigned to the 2nd Division in 1980). The ship we see on the front of the 1st Division Destroyers is not the Bouchard, because the Bouchard didn’t have that kind of life rafts until 1982, during the war. The ship in the middle belongs to the Fletcher class. This means that the Bouchard is the one moored to dock."		Horacio Héctor Virardi

CDR Charles W. Parker    Aug 23 1943 - Mar 1945 (Later RADM)
CDR Charles L. Wertz    Mar 1945 - Apr 1946
CDR Simon Everett Ramey    Apr 1946 - Jun 1946
CDR George T. McDonald Jr.    Jun 1946 - Jul 22 1946
(Decommissioned Jul 22 1946 - Sep 21 1951)
CDR Roger Warde Paine Jr.    Sep 21 1951 - Sep 1953 (Later RADM)
CDR Charles Augustine Burch    Sep 1953 - Mar 1955
CDR William J. Hurst    Mar 1955 - Aug 1957
CDR Robert Byron Ricks    Aug 1957 - Jul 1959
CDR Jack H. Pennington    Jul 1959 - Jun 1961
CDR Richard M. Palkovic    Jun 1961 - Jul 1963
CDR Robert M. Berry    Jul 1963 - Jan 1965
CDR Richard Guy Colquhoun    Jan 1965 - Dec 1966
CDR Alvin Brand    Dec 1966 - Jan 1969
CDR Ronald P. Good    Jan 1969 - Jul 1970
LCDR Arnold Alan Evans    Jul 1970 - Aug 17 1971