Daily Event for January 17, 2013

January 17, 1943 the aircraft carrier Cowpens CVL-25 was christened by Margaret Halsey Spruance, daughter of Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, and then slid down the ways at the New York Shipbuilding Corp. in Camden, New Jersey. USS Cowpens earned twelve battle stars for service in World War II and was scrapped in 1960.
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