USS Oscar Austin
USS Oscar Austin on 12 November 2007 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Oscar Austin |
| Namesake | Oscar Palmer Austin |
| Ordered | 20 July 1994 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 9 October 1997 |
| Launched | 7 November 1998 |
| Commissioned | 19 August 2000 |
| Homeport | Rota |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Honor and Sacrifice |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draught | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
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USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy and is the first of the Flight IIA variant. Oscar Austin is named for Medal of Honor and Purple Heart recipient Private First Class Oscar P. Austin. USS Oscar Austin was the 17th ship of this class to be built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 9 October 1997. She was launched and christened on 7 November 1998. On 19 August 2000 she was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia. As of October 2024 the ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 60 based out of Naval Station Rota.