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Darline Graham (R-SC)

A bill to express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate United States Navy ship in honor of the Battle of Cowpens, which took place on January 17, 1781, and for other purposes.

S. 5655 · Senate bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with no cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate United States Navy ship in honor of the Battle of Cowpens. The text details the history of the battle, which took place on January 17, 1981, and served as a turning point in the American Revolution. It also notes that the Navy has previously named two warships after the battle, both known as the Mighty Moo. The first ship served in World War II, and the second served for 33 years before being decommissioned in 2024. Currently, no United States Navy ship carries the name Cowpens.