return to Norfolk 22 August. From 4 September to 23 November she conducted local hunter-killer exercises, then cruised the Atlantic and Mediterranean for like operations from 4 January to 11 March 1954. Cowell cleared Norfolk 7 January 1955 and arrived at Long Beach 28 January to join the Pacific Fleet. During her 1955 tour of duty in the western Pacific, she joined in guided missile exercises en route to Pearl Harbor, served as plane guard for , served on the Taiwan Patrol, and participated in hunter-killer exercises with TF 77. Cowell returned to the Far East for similar duty annually through 1960, joining in exercises and training from Long Beach when not deployed. ARA Almirante Storni On 17 August 1971, the ship was decommissioned, stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register, and transferred to Argentina. She served in the Argentine Navy as ARA Almirante Storni'''. In October 1975, the British Government tasked Lord Shackleton (son of the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton) with an economic survey of the Falkland Islands. The Argentine Government reacted furiously and refused permission for Shackleton to travel via Argentina. Later, on 4 February 1976, the ship transporting Shackleton to the islands, the , was fired upon by the Almirante Storni. In 1982, she was stricken and scrapped. In addition to the Presidential Unit Citation, Cowell'' received 11 battle stars for World War II service and two for Korean War service. References External links navsource.org: USS Cowell hazegray.org: USS Cowell Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy Ships built in Los Angeles 1943 ships World War II destroyers of the United States Cold War destroyers of the United States Korean War destroyers of the United States Almirante Storni Cold War destroyers of Argentina