USS Oscar Austin information

	USS Oscar Austin on 12 November 2007
History
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	Norfolk
Identification	MMSI number: 334788000; Callsign: NOPA; ; Hull number: DDG-79;
Motto	Honor and Sacrifice
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and 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
Armament	Guns:; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 mk 45 mod 1/2 (lightweight gun); 2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system; 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns; Missiles:; 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):; RIM-66M surface-to-air missile; RIM-156 surface-to-air missile; RIM-174A standard ERAM; RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile; RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed); BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile; RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC; Torpedoes:; 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:; Mark 46 lightweight torpedo; Mark 50 lightweight torpedo; Mark 54 lightweight torpedo;
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Oscar Austin is named for Medal of Honor and Purple Heart recipient Private First Class Oscar P. Austin. This ship is the 29th destroyer of her class. 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 July 2021 the ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 2 based out of Naval Station Norfolk.^[1]

^ "Our Ships". Destroyer Squadron 26. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[1] "Our Ships". Destroyer Squadron 26. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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History
USS Oscar Austin on 12 November 2007
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	Norfolk
Identification	MMSI number: 334788000 Callsign: NOPA Hull number: DDG-79
Motto	Honor and Sacrifice
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and 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
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 mk 45 mod 1/2 (lightweight gun) 2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters