USS Austin (DE-15)

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title: USS Austin (DE-15)
text: USS Austin (DE-15), was an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named for Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin (1905-1941) who was killed in action on board USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. The second Austin (DE-15) was laid down on 14 March 1942 at the Mare Island Navy Yard as HMS Blackwood (BDE-15) for the United Kingdom under the terms of the Len
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description: Evarts-class destroyer escort
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Austin_(DE-15)
date created: 2004-03-24T03:40:41Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T09:39:17Z
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