| colspan="2"| Cowpens pulls alongside Kitty Hawk. |
| style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| |
| rdered: | 8 January 1986 |
| aid down: | 23 December 1987 |
| aunched: | 11 March 1989 |
| ommissioned: | 9 March 1991 |
| tatus: | |
| omeport: | |
| olspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics |
| isplacement: | 9,600 tons |
| ength: | 567 ft |
| eam: | 55 ft |
| raft: | 33 ft |
| ropulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| peed: | 30+ knots |
| ange: | |
| omplement: | 387 officers and enlisted |
| rmament: | 2 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems,
122 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc,
8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles
2 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm,
2–4 x 12.7 mm guns,
2 x Phalanx CIWS
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| ircraft: | 2 x SH-60 helicopters |
| otto: | Victoria Libertatis Vindex
("Victory Vindicates Liberty") |