USS Mustin DDG 89 / Henry, Lloyd, Thomas
Mustin / Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer – US Navy
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Naval Forces
Technology, History & Information
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Guided Missile Destroyer
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DDG 89 -
USS Mustin
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USS Mustin (DDG 89)
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US Navy photo
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Type,
Class:
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Guided Missile Destroyer; Arleigh Burke – class / Flight
IIA;
planned and built as DDG
89; |
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Builder:
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Ingalls Shipbuilding,
Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA |
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STATUS:
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Awarded: March 6, 1998; Laid down: January 15, 2001; Launched: December 12, 2001; Commissioned:
July 26, 2003; ACTIVE UNIT/ in
commission (Pacific Fleet) |
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Homeport:
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forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan
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Namesake:
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Named after and in honor of
the Mustin family; > see history, below;
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Ship's
Motto:
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> TOUJOURS L’AUDACE <
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament,
Aviation, etc.)
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see: INFO > Guided
Missile Destroyer / Arleigh Burke - class. |
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Pictures,
photos & more ...
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The
Mustin Family |
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Capt. Henry C. Mustin (1874 – 1923) |
more photos wanted … |
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Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval
Historical Center |
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Namesake
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about the ship’s namesakes, the
Mustin family: |
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The Mustin family has recorded
a tradition of service in the United States Navy extending from 1896 to the
present. Captain Henry C. Mustin,
U.S. Navy, (1874-1923), an 1896 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, earned a commendation
for distinguished service in the capture of Vigan, Philippines, in 1899 and
flew the first aircraft ever catapulted from a ship. He also flew the first
operational missions of naval aircraft during the Veracruz operation in 1914
and was the first commander of Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet. His son, Vice Admiral Lloyd
Mustin, (1911-1999), a 1932 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, took part
in developing the Navy's first lead-computing anti-aircraft gun sight, which
proved of major importance in the air-sea actions of World War II, and served
on the cruiser USS Atlanta (CL-51) during the naval battle of
Guadalcanal. His ship was lost during that action; with other survivors he
landed on Guadalcanal and served ashore with a naval unit attached to the 1st
Marine Division. His post-war service included commands at sea and
development and evaluation of weapon systems. He later served as director of
operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Vice Admiral Mustin's two
sons, retired Navy Vice Admiral Henry C. Mustin and Lieutenant
Commander Thomas M. Mustin have continued their family's tradition of
military service. Vice Admiral Mustin, a 1955 graduate of the U.S. Naval
Academy, is a decorated Vietnam veteran who served in the 1980s as the Naval
Inspector General, Commander, Second Fleet and Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Plans and Policy. Lieutenant Commander Mustin, also a Naval
Academy graduate (1962) earned a Bronze Star during the Vietnam conflict for
river patrol combat action. Additionally, Vice Admiral
Henry C. Mustin's sons, Commander Lloyd Mustin and Commander John Mustin both
continue serve in the Naval Reserves following an initial tour of active
service. Several facilities have borne
the name Mustin in honor of the Mustin family. These include two destroyers
of the United States Navy named the USS Mustin, as well as the Mustin Beach
Officers' Club and Mustin Hall (the Bachelor Officers' Quarters) aboard Naval
Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Additionally, the Henry C. Mustin Naval Air
Facility was operational at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from 1926 to 1963. |
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USS Mustin (DDG
89): |
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… DDG 89 history
wanted … |
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… and patches … |
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