USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-15. 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. Commissioned on 13 February 1943. Lieutenant Commander Herbert Gordon Claudius was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Ulithi, the Caroline Islands, Guam, and Saipan.
| 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. |
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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.
U.S. Navy. USS Austin (DE-15) at Pearl Harbor, circa in January 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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