Texan sloop-of-war Austin

History
Republic of Texas
Namesake	Stephen F. Austin
Builder	William and George Gardner Baltimore
Launched	1839
Commissioned	5 January 1840
Decommissioned	11 May 1846
Renamed	Originally called the Texas
Home port	Galveston, Texas
Fate	Transferred to the U.S. Navy upon annexation of Texas; towed to Pensacola, run aground and broken up, 1848;
General characteristics
Class & type	Sloop of War
Displacement	600 tons
Length	125 ft (38 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	12.5 ft (3.8 m)
Propulsion	wind
Complement	23 officers; 151 sailors & marines;
Armament	16-24 pounders.; 2-18 pounders., medium; 2-18 long pounders;

Austin was a sloop-of-war of the Texas Navy, serving as its flagship from 1840 to 1846. Commanded by Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, she led a flotilla in the capture of Villahermosa in 1840. After a period of inaction in port, Austin participated in the Naval Battle of Campeche in 1843. She was transferred to the United States Navy when Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845, but was run aground and broken up in 1848.