 USS Oscar Austin steaming off the coast of Florida. |
| Career
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| Ordered:
| 20 July 1994
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| Laid down:
| 9 October 1997
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| Launched:
| 7 November 1998
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| Commissioned:
| 19 August 2000
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| Decommissioned:
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| Status:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 9,200 tons
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| Length:
| 509 ft 6 in
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| Beam:
| 66 ft
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| Draught:
| 31 ft
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| Propulsion:
| 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp
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| Speed:
| 30+ knots
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 380 officers and enlisted
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| Armament:
| 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
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| Aircraft:
| 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
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| Motto:
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USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
