The Story of the U.S.S. Cowpens (CVL-25) the Mighty Moo

Name/Title

The Story of the U.S.S. Cowpens (CVL-25) the Mighty Moo

Entry/Object ID

VA65.C25 1946

Description

(Ex-HUNTINGTON (CL-77), launching, ship's sponsor Mrs. Preston L. Spruance, commissioning, raid on Wake Island, collision with USS ABBOT (DD-629), strikes against Jalluit, Mille, Makin, and Tarawa, invasion of Tarawa, flight deck crash kills four crewmen, strikes against Kwajalein and Eniwetok, strikes against Truk, strikes against Ponape, Palau, and Yap, landings at Hollandia, strikes against Saipan, Pagan Island, and Iwo Jima, strikes against Guam, strikes against Angaur, Ngesebus, and Malakan, strikes against Mindoro, landings at Morotai, strikes against Cebu, strikes against Luzon and Formosa, Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, sinking of four ship Japanese convoy in Ormoc Bay, Philippines, strikes against Manila, strikes against Masbate, damage by typhoon and fire off the Philippines, landings at Lingayen Gulf, strikes against Camranh Bay, Hong Kong, and Amoy, invasion of Iwo Jima, strikes against Okinawa, strikes against Nagoya and Kobe, crossing the line, Allen Jenkins USO show, show by CDR Eddie Peabody, occupation of Sagami Wan, Operation MAGIC CARPET, decommissioning, CAG-25, VC-25, VF-25)

Collection

US Navy Cruise Book Collection, Library Circulating Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Book, Anon., CRUISE BOOK: USS COWPENS

Book Details

Author

Anonymous, With Contact Information

Date Published

1946

Call No.

VA65.C25 1946