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DE-15 Austin
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - 1942/03/14
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1942/09/25 1943/02/13 1947/01/09
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Namesake: Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin, KIA 41/12/07 onboard Oklahoma
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/04/23 43/05/11   CortDiv14 convoy from San Diego to Cold Bay, Alaska, then sail to San Diego   66 
43/05/1? 43/09/0?     2 round trip between San Diego and Oahu, then sai to P.H.   66 
43/09/02 43/09/14     sail from P.H. to Alaska   66 
43/09/14 44/09/23   Alaskan Sea Frontier Alaska - patrol, plane guard duty   66 
44/09/23 44/09/30?     sail from Alaska to San Francisco   66 
44/09/30? 44/11/17     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
44/11/2? 44/12/03     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/12/03 45/03/20     P.H. - training vessel for Pacific Fleet Submarine Training Command   66 
45/03/20 45/04/01     sail from P.H. to Ulithi ?   66 
45/04/01 45/06/10     Ulithi - air-sea rescue duty   66 
45/06/1? 45/10/12     Guam, Saipan - ASW, air-sea rescue duty, convoys to Iwojoma, Okinawa..   66 
45/06/10 45/06/1?     sail from Ulithi to Guam   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1946/01/08 struck from Navy List
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Notice: commissioned simply as DE-15, name Austin assigned 43/02/19