COWIE DMS 39

Ship Name and Designation History

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Gleaves Class Destroyer Keel Laid 18 March 1941 - Launched 27 September 1941 USS COWIE DD-632 Commissioned 1 June 1942 USS COWIE DMS-39 Converted to High Speed Minesweeper (DMS) 30 May 1945 Decommissioned 27 April 1947 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) 15 July 1955, While in reserve Struck from Naval Register 1 December 1970 Sold 22 February 1972 and broken up for scrap

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1. USS Cowie DD-632 / DMS-39 Covers Page 1     (1942-1946)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-07-13

As DD-632. Cachet states FDPS, actual FDPS date is 1942-06-01

 

Locy Type P "USS COWIE / KOBE JAPAN" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-81

1946-02-05

As DMS-39

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-81a

1947-02-25

AS DMS-39

 

Other Information

USS COWIE earned 3 Battle Stars for her WWII service.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Thomas Jefferson Cowie, USN (15 February 1857 - 16 July 1936)
Cowie served as Engineer's Yeoman in Alliance from January 8 1877 to October 19 1878, then enlisted in the Navy October 21 1878 at Constantinople. He was commissioned as Assistant Paymaster from June 16 1880, rising to the rank of Rear Admiral and the position of Paymaster General and Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts July 1 1910. He was awarded The Navy Cross for his valuable services in connection with the Liberty Loans of World War I. Retired from the Navy February 15 1921, he was ordered to special duty in charge of the Navy Liberty Loan section of the Navy Allotment Office in March 1921, and in June 1923 was ordered to additional duty as secretary-treasurer of the Navy Mutual Aid Association, a position which he held until his death July 16 1936 in Washington, D.C.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Ethel Cowie Robinson, wife of Capt. Clyde R. Robinson, USN and daughter of the late RAdm. Thomas J. Cowie, (SC) USN.

 

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