USS Austin (LPD-4)
USS Austin (LPD-4) underway in 1982 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Austin |
| Ordered | 21 September 1961 |
| Laid down | 4 February 1963 |
| Launched | 27 June 1964 |
| Commissioned | 6 February 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 27 September 2006 |
| Stricken | 27 September 2006 |
| Identification | Hull number: LPD-4 |
| Motto | Potestas Maritimas per Mobilitate, "Seapower through Mobility" |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 30 September 2009 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
| Tonnage | 7408 tons deadweight |
| Displacement | 9962 tons light, 17370 tons full |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity | 930 troops |
| Complement | 24 officers, 396 enlisted |
| Armament | eight 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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The third USS Austin (LPD-4) was the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock ships in the United States Navy. Austin was named in honor of the city of Austin, Texas which in turn was named in honor of Stephen F. Austin, a Texian patriot during the Texas War for Independence and the first Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas.
Austin was laid down on 4 February 1963 at Brooklyn, New York, by the New York Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 27 June 1964 (sponsored by Miss Lynda Bird Johnson, the daughter of President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson), and commissioned on 6 February 1965.