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The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) on Aug. 19, 2000 at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Me. The ship is named in honor of Pfc. Oscar P. Austin, USMC, (pictured top left) who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his courage in Vietnam. His ribbons are shown below the illustration with a rubbing of his name from the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. The 2 helicopters in this illustration offer improved Anti-Submarine Warfare capability for USS Oscar P. Austin, which is the first of the Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class Aegis destroyers. [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]
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![The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) on Aug. 19, 2000 at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Me. The ship is named in honor of Pfc. Oscar P. Austin, USMC, (pictured top left) who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his courage in Vietnam. His ribbons are shown below the illustration with a rubbing of his name from the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. The 2 helicopters in this illustration offer improved Anti-Submarine Warfare capability for USS Oscar P. Austin, which is the first of the Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class Aegis destroyers. [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]](http://www.hspig.org/albums/NAVSEA/222_G.jpg "The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) on Aug. 19, 2000 at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Me. The ship is named in honor of Pfc. Oscar P. Austin, USMC, (pictured top left) who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his courage in Vietnam. His ribbons are shown below the illustration with a rubbing of his name from the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. The 2 helicopters in this illustration offer improved Anti-Submarine Warfare capability for USS Oscar P. Austin, which is the first of the Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class Aegis destroyers. [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]")
