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.

2020年1月14日 · Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) proudly bears the name of U.S. Marine Private First Class Oscar P. Austin, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism during the Vietnam War in February 1969. Austin was born 15 January 1948, in Nacogdoches, Texas. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated from Phoenix Union High School in 1967. He enlisted in the U.S ...

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It is fitting that the first Flight IIA AEGIS Destroyer is named for PFC Oscar Austin, a soldier whose courage and gallantry in the face of certain death exemplified the highest standards of the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy.

USS OSCAR AUSTIN is the lead ship of the OSCAR AUSTIN - class, a sub-class of the ARLEIGH BURKE - class, making her the Navy's first FLIGHT IIA ARLEIGH BURKE - class guided missile destroyer. The OSCAR AUSTIN is the first ship in the Navy to bear the name.

The ship is the first of the Flight IIA Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyers. She was launched and christened on Nov. 7, 1998, then commissioned on Aug. 19, 2000. The ship was named after Pfc....

USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship is currently part of Carrier Strike Group Ten. Oscar Austin is named for Private First Class Oscar P. Austin, USMC, a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) arrives in Stockholm, Sweden, for a scheduled port visit. Oscar Austin is on a routine deployment supporting U.S. national security interests in Europe, and increasing theater security cooperation and forward naval presence in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations.

Museum Quality Giclée Print of Watercolor Painting by Adam Koltz of Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer on U.S.G.S. Nautical Chart of her home port at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. $125 - $235

Bath Iron Work's first Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided-missile destroyer proudly bears the name of private First Class Oscar P. Austin, United States Marine Corps. Displaying indomitable courage and selfless devotion to duty, Pfc Austin was killed on February 23, 1969, when he sacrificed his own life to save an injured companion.