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Home Town Providence, Rhode Island
Last Address Father of singing group The Cowsills requested his ashes be mixed with those of his wife Barbara and scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
Date of Passing Sep 29, 1992
Location of Interment Buried at Sea, Pacific Ocean
Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified
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MMC William Joseph "Bud" Cowsill, USN (ret.)
William Joseph "Bud" Cowsill retired as a Chief Machinist's Mate in 1965 after 23 years of service in the United States Navy. During WWII he served in the North Atlantic and later as a Navy Recruiter in Canton, Ohio. He is listed on the crew of the USS Witek (DD/EDD-848) as BTC in 1961.
Bud: William "Bud" Joseph Cowsill, Sr. was born December 2, 1925 and died of leukemia on September 29, 1992. Bud had an unusual childhood of his own. His father was an alcoholic and his mother had turned tricks. Bud left school in the 7th grade, however, he went on to have a long and successful career in the Navy retiring as a Chief Petty Officer in 1965 to manage the kids career in the family band, The Cowsills.
Bud spent his later years living in a small fishing village outside Rosarito Beach, Baja, Mexico. Bud had requested that his ashes be mixed with his wife Barbara's and scattered in the ocean. His son Paul honored this request scattering them off the Baja coast, in Mexico .
CLASS - GEARING As Built. Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max) Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5). Machinery, 60,000 SHP; Westinghouse Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336. Operational and Building Data Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME July 16 1945. Launched February 2 1946 and commissioned April 25 1946. Decommissioned August 19 1968. Stricken September 17 1968. In use as an experimental vessel most of her career. Fate Sunk as target off Virginia July 4 1969.
