USS OSCAR AUSTIN
DDG 79
  
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Keel Laid: October 9, 1997
Christened: November 7, 1998
Commissioned: August 19, 2000

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: 4 - LM2500 GE Marine Gas Turbines 
Propellers: two 
Length, overall: 509.5 - 513.0 feet
Beam: Max 66 feet 
Draft: 31 feet 
Displacement: 9,192-9,217 tons full load
Speed: 31 knots
Crew: 32 Officers 348 Enlisted
Aircraft: two SH-60B/R/F (LAMPS MK III) helicopters
Armament: 
 - 1 MK-45 MOD 1 5"/54 caliber lightweight gun 
 - 2 MK-41 VLS (96 cells) for Standard Missiles, Anti-Submarine 
Rocket (ASROC) and Tomahawk ASM/LAM - 2 MK-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS - 1 MK-15 Mod 31 SeaRAM Launcher - 2 MK-38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS) - 2 MK-32 MOD 15 triple torpedo tubes (six MK 50/46 MOD 5A Torpedoes) Homeport: Rota, Spain