| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Evarts |
| Pennant | DE 15 |
| Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 14 Mar 1942 |
| Launched | 25 Sep 1942 |
| Commissioned | 13 Feb 1943 |
| End service | 21 Dec 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 21 December 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Austin (DE 15)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Herbert Gordon Claudius, USNR | 13 Feb 1943 | 20 Oct 1943 |
| 2 | Philip Dana Holden, USNR | 20 Oct 1943 | 3 May 1944 |
| 3 | Warren Hudson White, USNR | 3 May 1944 | 1 Nov 1945 |
| 4 | James Louis Tedford, USNR | 1 Nov 1945 | 1 Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Austin include:
15 Jan 1945
USS Brill (Cdr. H.B. Dodge, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Austin (Lt. W.H. White, USNR), USS Harold C. Thomas (Lt. G. Cheshire, Jr., USNR) and USS Trepang (Cdr. A.R. Faust, USN).
16 Jan 1945
USS Brill (Cdr. H.B. Dodge, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Austin (Lt. W.H. White, USNR), USS Harold C. Thomas (Lt. G. Cheshire, Jr., USNR) and USS Trepang (Cdr. A.R. Faust, USN).
4 Mar 1945
USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Whitman (Lt. E.A. Sandor, USNR) and USS Austin (Lt. W.H. White, USNR).
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