A bill to express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate United States Navy ship in honor of the Battle of Cowpens, which took place on January 17, 1781, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5655 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5655

To express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should 
 name an appropriate United States Navy ship in honor of the Battle of 
 Cowpens, which took place on January 17, 1781, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2026

  Ms. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
To express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should 
 name an appropriate United States Navy ship in honor of the Battle of 
 Cowpens, which took place on January 17, 1781, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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) According to the National Park Service, 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 was 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 as various humanitarian and disaster 
        relief operations.
            (10) The USS Cowpens (CG-63) was decommissioned in 2024.
            (11) There is currently no United States Navy ship that 
        carries the name ``Cowpens'' or the 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''.
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