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Cowie (DD 632)
ex-DMS-39
ex-DD-632

Benson Class Destroyer/Ellyson Class Highspeed Minesweeper: Laid down at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass; Launched 27 September 1941; Commissioned USS Cowie (DD-632), 1 June 1942; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper, DMS-39, 30 May 1945; Placed out of commission in reserve 21 April 1947; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; Reclassified as a Destroyer, DD-632, 15 July 1955; Struck from the Navy Register 1 December 1970; Sold for scrap 22 February 1972.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 347' 10"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 37 kts; Complement 261; Armament four single 5"/38 gun mounts, four 40mm, five 20mm, six dcp, two dct; Propulsion, four boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts.

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For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
Cowie 107k - -
Cowie 146k - ©John Robert Barrett
Cowie 65k 16 June 1945
Off Boston Navy Yard
National Archives photo BS 85005		 Joe Radigan
Cowie 89k c. 1945
Pearl Harbor, HI		 James M. Brooks, Jr.
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