(U.S. Navy Photograph.) black-and-white photos USS Cowpens at Sea November 13, 2018by Lone_Sentry_Admin1 min read With the flight deck crowded with aircraft, the U.S. Navy Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Cowpens (CVL-25) underway in the Pacific in July 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.) (U.S. Navy Photograph.)