U.S.S. Oscar Austin (DDG 79)

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Class: Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Displacement: 9,700 tons
Dimensions: Length 505'; Beam 59'

Armament:Standard Missile (SM-2MR); Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) missiles; Tomahawk: six MK-46 torpedoes (from two triple mount tubes; Close in Weapon System (CIWS); 5 in. MK45 Gun; Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)

Machinery: Four General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines; 100,000 shaft horsepower; two shafts;

Laid down: October 9, 1997 Bath Iron Works, Huntington Ingalls Industries
Launched: November 7, 1998 - Commissioned August 19th, 2000
Homeport: Norfolk, VA