Cowell (DD 547) - Naval Cruise Book

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,W n f I 1 ' . Q 'I M , - - I ,ii 1-A., mst, i ' ff. A 1- . , Beg. if L E Q ' 'Q r r I n l l I 1 - 1 i A ax' MISSION OF THE SEVENTH FLEET The mission of the Seventh Fleet is to conduct operations in the Western Pacific in support of the United States national po icies an o J . , is subdivided into major areas of responsibilities. But it is in the informal areas such ourship at General Quarters and in Condition Ill watches ready, if necessary, o e- fend our ship and our country. We provided screen and support to Attack and Anti- Submarine Carriers and to Ready Amphibious units. We had liberty in foreign ports and countries such as Hong Kong, japan and the Philippines. We met the people for h S th Whom WESTPAC is home. We as part of COWELL, COWELL as part of t e even Fleet were in WESTPAC because a job with many facets needed to be done. We did our jdb and by so doing, helped fulfill the Seventh Fleet's Mission. 3 l ' d bectives lnthe formal sense this as duty aboard the USS COWELL QDD-5475, that these words achieve immediate mean- ing We conducted ASW, gunnery, seamanship and engineering exercises. We manned t d

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' --l7 lk. 1431, 7 5 fh- wma vig, a. VA. '11 JQN' . ??g A4 fsffpgfii f HISTORY HISTORY OF DD -547 The original COWELL, a four piper destroyer, fought in World War One. In 1942, she was given to Great Britain and renamed HMS BRIGHTON. The present COWELL was commissioned in August 1943, in San Pedro, California and joined the Pacific Fleet. ' Engagements with japanese forces were many, for the COWFLL participated in every major oper- ation conducted after january 1944. Notable among these were air and surface strikes against the Marianas, New Guinea, Formosa, and the Phillippines. Cited for her performance during the Okinawan campaign, the COWFLL received the Presidential Unit Citation. Her guns destroyed twenty enemy aircraft. The COWELL remained as a unit of the occupa- tion forces prior to her returning to the United States for inactivation in july 1946. She was re- commissioned in july 1951, for service with the Seventh Fleet in Korean waters during the winter of 1953, where operations against enemy troops, ammunition depots, and land communications were conducted. In February 1963, the COWELL became a unit of Destroyer Division 132.

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S 1 f' my . COMODORE LEE RFLIEVED BY COMODORE ROSEMONT USS PRICHETT DD-5 61 USS COWELL DD-547 USS TRATHEN DD-530 USS BLACK DD-666