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DDG 79 - USS Oscar Austin (HULL 466)

Arleigh Burke Class AEGIS Destroyer for the United States Navy
Length:
505'
Beam: 66'
Depth: 41'-10"
Draft: 20'-8 1/4"
Displacement: 6,605 (light ship), 8,422 (full load)
Other Data:
4 geared gas turbines, 100,000 horsepower, twin screws, twin rudders, steel superstructure, 2 stacks, 1 mast. 

Keel laid October 9,1997, launched November 7,1998, delivered May 11,2000. 

Complement of 32 officers and 351 enlisted. 

First of class to have capacity for 2 helicopters.

DDG 79 - Departing BIW