Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Austin.

• USS Austin (1839), originally a sloop-of-war in the Texas Navy, named in honor of Stephen Fuller Austin
• USS Austin (DE-15), a destroyer escort, named in honor of Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin
• USS Austin (LPD-4), an amphibious transport dock named for Austin, Texas

See also

• USS Oscar Austin, a Burke-class destroyer, named in honor of Private Oscar P. Austin, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.