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2024-06-03 -Land of the Free

The USS Cowpens - aka The Mighty Moo - was blessed with less-than-heroic beginnings. Even before she saw military combat, she suffered a series of humiliating defeats.

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 This is a Daily Mail "Exclusive"! In red, even.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-06-03 08:28|| 2024-06-03 08:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Also in the funny name category, the USS Badoeng Strait was known throughout the Navy as the Bing-Ding.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-03 08:40|| 2024-06-03 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 You have an alternative source for the remembrance, Ed?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-03 10:05|| 2024-06-03 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 have been little may have been a little known Revolutionary War battle but it was a significant one. Set the stage for weakened Cornwallis forces to be defeated at Yorktown.

Posted by Glenmore 2024-06-03 14:12|| 2024-06-03 14:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Little known battle? Is this that famous British humor I keep hearing about?

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-06-03 18:56|| 2024-06-03 18:56|| Front Page Top

#6 a little-known battle fought in a field full of cows during the Revolutionary War

"Some sort of commotion over in the colonies. Might as well be the damn Balkans!"

I read the stories about "bad luck" and I see a bunch of guys taking what they were given in a bad situation and trying their best to make something of it. Pretty heroic, in my book.

Posted by SteveS 2024-06-03 20:24|| 2024-06-03 20:24|| Front Page Top

#7 I've been to the battlefield. It is very small.

Posted by Deacon+Blues 2024-06-03 20:58|| 2024-06-03 20:58|| Front Page Top

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