Decommissioning
The Austin was decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on 27 September 2006. After the ceremonies, she was taken in tow by USS Grasp to be taken to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On 30 September 2009, a contract to dismantle Austin was issued to International Shipbreaking Ltd, Brownsville, Texas, where scrapping was completed on 10 September 2010.
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