USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79)

Supporting a local food drive and attending a professional lacrosse game, all in a days work for the Oscar Austin crew. 

(Photos by ENS Norville and YN2 Shaw)

The crew had a great time talking about their Navy experience during Navy Day at the JFK library!

(Photos by ET2 Bickel)

The crew of USS Oscar Austin had the honor of joing the Mayor Wu and the city of Boston in celebrating Independence Day! Happy 4th of July!

The crew of OSA toured the beautiful city of Boston and the historic Freedom trail yesterday. We invite you to come celebrate the nations birthday with OSA with a tour of onboard our mighty warship.
Tours will be available from
July 4th 9am to 12 pm
July 5th 1pm to 4 pm
July 6th 9am to 2 pm

(Photos by ET2 Bickel)

USS Oscar Austin had the pleasure of hosting a reception for community leaders and the Navy League from the local Boston area. It was our distinct honor to welcome aboard the following distinguished guest:

-The Honorable Mr. Tony Verducci, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
-RADM Derek Trinque, Director, Strategic Plans, Policy, and Logistics (J5/J4) United States Transportation Command
-RADM Michael Platt, Commander, First Coast Guard District
-CDR Crystal Schaefer, Commanding Officer, USS Constitution

And on behalf of Mayor Wu, Commissioner Robert Santiago, a retired Navy Veteran and Commissioner of the City of Boston Veteran's Services, proclaimed July 2nd 2024 as USS Oscar Austin Day in the great City of Boston!

(Photos by QM1 Best)

Meeting the fine folks of Boston!!
The crew of USS Oscar Austin has been seen around Boston spending time with the local community! The crew has already begun making everlasting memories with the people of Boston by playing games at local schools and dancing up an appetite at the beloved Chowderfest 2024.

(Photos by ET2 Bickel and LTJG Suarez)

Man The Rails!!
The Mighty USS Oscar Austin pulls in to Boston, Massachusetts to take part in the city's annual Navy Week and Boston Harborfest. The crew is set to participate in several community events and give tours to the general public of our fine warship.

Tour Dates
July 4th 0900-1200
July 5th 1200-1600
July 6th 0900-1400

Oscar Austin sailors put in some hard work on the range yesterday! Sailors from the USS Oscar Austin participated in a in-port pistol range in order to support the transition to the M18 service pistol.

Congratulations to our newest frocked Sailors! We are incredibly proud of your hard work and dedication to our crew!

The following sailors were frocked.
GSM1 Finley
YN1 Wier
ET2 Adams
OS2 Alansalon
FCA2 Barr
RS2 Farrell
PS2 Florez
EM2 Harry
OS2 Johnson
FCA2 Maldonado
GM2 Moore
CTT2 Nolan
OS2 Pahal
MM2 Rodriguez-Mercedes
EM2 Smith
MM2 Taylor

Oscar Austin’s sailors are top performers! Congratulations to our own Quartermaster Second Class Roe and Hospital Corpsman Second Class Shaw for your selection as DESRON 2 Junior Sailor and Blue Jacket of the Year! We are proud of you both and your hard work! BZ!

It looks like two sailors showed up in the wrong uniform to the all hands call! Congratulations on your well deserved meritorious promotions CTR1 Sarbacher and HM2 Shaw!

This week Oscar Austin had a very special visitor, Major (U.S. Army) Mikhail “MJ” Jackson the cousin of our namesake PFC Oscar P. Austin. Major Jackson was able to come aboard for a conversation with the XO and a tour of our great ship! Thank you for your visit sir, we are proud to uphold the legacy of your cousin and family every day.

Congratulations to our newly frocked sailors CS3 Ivanes and QM3 Melendezgomez! Your hard work and dedication to the ship are what make us

Congratulations to our FY23 Junior Sailor and Bluejacket of the year QM2 Kayla Roe and HM3 Courtney Shaw! Your hard work and dedication to the crew are constant reminders of our core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment.

The ship is entering a Crucible training team environment! While underway Oscar Austin completed our latest Crucible event. The Crucible a ship wide team building event for new crew members. Events included berthing egress, PT on the missile deck, an anti-terrorism scenario, triage skills, and damage control! For more photos check out the link below!

Photos By: LTJG McGowan

https://adobe.ly/3xpkITe

Haze Grey and RHIB Away! During our recent underway team OSA was able to drop the RHIB for proficiency and new watch stander training! We’re always striving to find training opportunities to make our team !

Photos By: LTJG Tom McGowan

Oscar Austin has headed west! This week a group of OSA sailors is in Phoenix, AZ at . As part of those activities our sailors were able to visit the grave of our namesake PFC Oscar P. Austin to pay their respects and participate in a service memorializing him and other Marines from Arizona.

Last week we were able to promote and recognize one of our own! Congratulations to Master Chief Seminara on his well deserved promotion! His dedication to our crew and Navy is an inspiration to us all.

Let’s go to Rota!
For the December edition of our “Homeport Change Newsletter” we focus on Overseas screenings, Passport tips and info, and comments from the Commanding Officer and the Command Master Chief.

Yesterday Oscar Austin held our last “all-hands” call of the year to recognize our 4th quarter Sailor and Blue Jacket of the quarter, give out a few awards and recognize some recently frocked sailors. Congratulations to all awarded and frocked!

Did you hear about our masquerade? The fantastic MWR team onboard Oscar Austin threw our annual holiday party last night with the theme of a masquerade ball! Thank you to all who showed up and celebrated the exciting year we have had onboard.

At today’s all hands call we had the opportunity to recognize and congratulate some of our recently frocked sailors. Congratulations to all of them and a BZ for all of the hard work they do every day to keep the Oscar Austin in top shape!

Happy Thanksgiving from the USS Oscar Austin! We celebrated aboard with duty section and family with a lunch provided by our very own culinary specialists. Who had some help serving from the CO!

Photos by: LTJG Thomas McGowan

“Let’s go to Rota!” Is our Homeport change newsletter for all of our families about our upcoming Homeport shift to Rota, Spain! This month’s topics include upcoming Town Hall meetings, tricare questions, pets in Spain, a note from CMC and a note from our new commanding officer.