Thomas Jefferson Cowie

Cowie was born at Montezuma, Iowa in 1857. He served as engineer's yeoman in USS 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.

Rear Admiral Cowie was awarded the Navy Cross for his valuable services in connection with the Liberty Loans of World War I. Retired from the Navy on 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 on July 16, 1936 in Washington, D.C.. He and his wife Susie A. Cowie (1859–1938) are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[1]

The destroyer USS Cowie (DD-632) was named in his honor.

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  Cowie as a lieutenant commander, seated on the left in the second row in this photograph of the officers of the protected cruiser USS Chicago, c. 1903.

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.