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U.S.S. AUSTIN
(DE-15)Click to view crew list
DE-15 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-15 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-15 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 14 MAR 1942 | ||
| SEP | 1942 | - | Launch Date: 25 SEP 1942 | ||
| FEB | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 13 FEB 1943 | ||
| DEC | 1945 | - | Decommissioned: 21 DEC 1945 | ||
DE-15 General Specifications
Named for: John Arnold Austin
Complement: 15 Officers and 183 Enlisted
Displacement: 1140 tons
Length: 289 feet 5 inches
Beam: 35 feet 2 inches
Draft: 11 feet
Range: 4 150 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Scrapped by the Terminal Island Naval Shipyard 9 January