Career
As an Electrician First Class, Ausburne manned the emergency wireless station in the Army transport Antilles, and following the ship"s fatal torpedoing October 17, 1917 by U-105, stood to his duty until the ship sank beneath him. Two ships of the United States. Navy have been named in his honor. Since other family members spelled their name as Ausburn, the first ship was named United States Ship Charles Ausburn (Doctor of Divinity-294).
lieutenant was later found that he himself spelled his surname as Ausburne, and the second ship was named United States Ship Charles Ausburne (Doctor of Divinity-570).
