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Austin

Class	Evarts class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-15
Builder	Mare Island Navy Yard
Launched	1942-09-25
Commissioned	1943-02-13
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 21 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
Command	Claudius, Herbert Gordon Commanding officer from 13 February 1943

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Austin, hull DE-15, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 14 March 1942 and launched her on 25 September 1942. The Navy commissioned her on 13 February 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Herbert Gordon Claudius.

Her Pacific duty took her to Ulithi, the Caroline Islands, Guam, and Saipan.

Her commissioned service ended on 21 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.