USS Cowie

History
United States
Name	Cowie
Namesake	Thomas Jefferson Cowie
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	18 March 1941
Launched	27 September 1941
Commissioned	1 June 1942
Identification	DD-632
Reclassified	DMS-39, 30 May 1945
Decommissioned	27 April 1947
Stricken	1 December 1970
Fate	Sold 22 February 1972 and broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber DP guns 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) guns 7 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns, 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (5 Mark 15 torpedoes) 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Cowie (DD-632) (later DMS-39), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Thomas Jefferson Cowie.

Cowie was launched on 27 September 1941 Liberty Fleet Day at the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. C. R. Robinson, daughter of Rear Admiral Cowie and wife of Captain C. R. Robinson. The ship was commissioned on 1 June 1942 and reported to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.