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The Mustin family:
The Mustin family has recorded a tradition of
service in the United States Navy spanning more than a century.
Often referred to as "The Father of Naval Aviation," Captain
Henry C. Mustin (1874 - 1923), an 1896 graduate of the U.S. Naval
Academy, was the principal architect for the concept of the catapult launch.
As a Lieutenant Commander, Mustin established Naval Aeronautic Station,
Pensacola, the Navy’s first permanent airstation together with a flight
school in January 1914, and became its first Commanding Officer. The first
flight was made from the station on February 2 by Lt. J.H. Towers and Ens. G.
de C. Chevalier. On November 5, 1915, while underway, Lt. Cmdr Mustin
successfully flew an AB-2 flying boat off the stern of the USS North Carolina
(ACR-12) in Pensacola Bay, FL, making the first ever recorded catapult
launching from a ship underway. In 1899, he earned a commendation for
distinguished service in the capture of Vigan, Philippines. The first
operational missions of naval aircraft were flown under his command during
the Veracruz operation in 1914 and he was the first to hold the title:
Commander, Aircraft Squadrons, Pacific Fleet. Designated Naval Aviator Number
Eleven, Captain Mustin was instrumental in the design of the Naval Aviator
Insignia.
His son, Vice Admiral Lloyd M. 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 Lloyd M. 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 War for river patrol combat action.
Additionally, Vice Admiral Henry C. Mustin's sons, Captain Lloyd M. Mustin
II and Commander John Mustin both continue to serve in the Naval
Reserves following an initial tour of active service. Captain Lloyd Mustin II
is currently serving as Commanding Officer of the Detachment supporting the
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and
America's Security Affairs. Commander John Mustin, a 1990 graduate of the
U.S. Naval Academy, returned to active duty service as the Commanding Officer
of Inshore Boat Unit 22, deployed to Kuwait, from 2004-2005.
Several U.S. Navy 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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Captain Henry C. Mustin (1874 - 1923):
Henry C. Mustin was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania on 6 February 1874 and graduated from the US Naval Academy in
1896. He spent the two years at sea then required by law before he was
commissioned an ensign in 1898. From then, until he reported to duty in aviation
fifteen years later, he distinguished himself as a remarkably capable officer
in the surface Navy.
After receiving his commission, Mustin served during the next eighteen months
on board six different vessels. In December 1899, he assumed command of the
USS Samar, a gun boat on the Asiatic station. While commanding the USS Samar,
during the capture of Vigan, Philippines, Mustin won a commendation for
towing the boats of the battleship USS Oregon to shore and aiding in covering
the landing.
Aside from his early work in ship operations, Mustin was busy with the
technical aspects of ordnance. His work resulted in a telescopic sight that
would aid in increasing the accuracy and range of naval gun fire.
Mustin made his first flight while on duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. In
January 1911, he aided Holden Richardson in an experiment with a glider,
which Richardson designed and built. Lt Mustin soloed on 13 March 1913 and
was designated Navy Air Pilot No. 3 on 6 January 1914. He received the
designation as Naval Aviator No. 11 when Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels initiated Naval Aviator status in 1915.
In April 1914 USS Mississippi, with Lieutenant Commander Mustin in command as
Acting Captain, sailed for Vera Cruz carrying an aviation detachment for
operations in the Mexican Campaign. The airplanes assigned to Mississippi
operated daily for forty-three consecutive days marking the first operational
use of naval aircraft. Mississippi was relieved by North Carolina as Station
Ship at Pensacola in July 1914. Lieutenant Commander Mustin served as that
ship's executive officer and sailed in her to European waters, with an
aviation unit of four planes aboard, to look after American interests
following the outbreak of World War I.
In December 1919, Commander Mustin assumed command of Aroostook with
additional duty as commander of the Fleet Air Detachment, Pacific Fleet.
While in command of the Fleet Air Detachment, later designated the Aircraft
Squadrons, Pacific Fleet, Mustin led a flight of a dozen airplanes on a
record breaking 3,019 mile flight from San Diego, California, to Balboa,
Panama. Mustin was ordered to report to the Navy department for duty as
Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics in late October 1921. He
reported on 6 November and was promoted to Captain on 1 January 1922.
Captain Mustin was admitted to the Naval Hospital, Washington, DC, on 17
January 1923 suffering chest pain. He died after a protracted illness on 23
August 1923.
  
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Vice Admiral Lloyd M. Mustin (1911 - 1999):
Lloyd Montague Mustin was a Vice Admiral in
the US Navy who served during World War II. He was born at the Navy Yard,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a family rich in naval tradition. His father,
Captain Henry C. Mustin, USN, was a pioneer in naval aviation. His great
grandfather, Commodore Arthur Sinclair, USN, commanded the US Naval Squadron
on Lake Ontario during the War or 1812. His great grandfather, Captain Arthur
Sinclair, USN, commanded one of Commodore Perry's ships in the opening of
Japan and later served as a captain in the Confederate States Navy during the
Civil War.
He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1928. After receiving his
diploma in 1932, he was assigned to the cruiser Augusta (CA 31). Four years
later he was transferred to the destroyer Lamson (DD 367). He received
instruction in ordnance engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in 1938
before attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he completed
course work leading to a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering,
awarded in June 1940. In the fall of 1940 he was assigned to duty in the
Bureau of Ordnance were he served as Assistant Production Office at the Naval
Gun Factory, Washington, DC and took part in developing the Mark 14 gunsight.
At the outbreak of World War II, Mustin was Assistant Gunnery Office of the
cruiser Atlanta (CL 51) and was in her when she was sunk during the Battle
for Guadalcanal on the night of 13 November 1942. He received the Fleet
Commander's Commendation (with ribbon) for outstanding service in the
battles. He landed on Guadalcanal with the survivors and served there for
three months with the small naval unit attached to the First Marine Division.
In 1943-1944 he had consecutive duty in the cruisers San Diego (CL 53) and
Miami (CL 89). He next served as Gunnery, Radar, and CIC Officer on the staff
of Commander Battleship Squadron Two, Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee, USN, and in
the summer of 1945 was with Admiral Lee in establishing the Operational
Development Force, as Gunnery, Radar, and CIC Officer.
After World War II, Mustin was ordered to the Navy Department, Washington,
DC, for duty as Head of the Fire Control Branch, Research Division, Bureau of
Ordnance. This duty was followed by service afloat in command of the
destroyer Keppler (DD 765) and later as ASW Officer and Readiness Officer on
the Staff of Commander Destroyer Force, Atlantic. Between 1951 and 1954 he
was assigned to the Weapons System Evaluation Group, Office of the Secretary
of Defense, and after command of the destroyer tender Piedmaont (AD 17), had
command of Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific, from April 1957 until May 1958,
when he reported as Commander Destroyer Flotilla Two.
While so serving he had additional duty from May to October 1958, in command
of Task Force 88, a special task force organized to plan and conduct the
Argus high-altitude nuclear tests which were fired in a remote part of the
South Atlantic. In October 1958 he assumed additional duty in command of Antisubmarine
Defense Group "Charlie", and from February through April 1959
commanded Task force 88 conducting combined ASW training operations with the
navies and air forces of the countries on the west coast of South America.
On 13 June 1959, he became Commander Naval Base, Key West, and Commander Key
West Force and in May 1960 reported for duty in the Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations, first as Antisubmarine Readiness Executive and then as
Director of Antisubmarine Warfare.
On 30 November 1961, he reported to Joint Task Force Eight as Deputy Task
Force Commander and Commander Joint Task Group 8.3, to plan and conduct the
Dominic series of nuclear tests in the Pacific. On 2 November 1962, he was
designated Commander, Joint Task Force Eight, to conduct the remaining
Dominic tests and to plan for and conduct future nuclear tests.
On 1 June 1964, he became Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff, Joint
Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC. In May 1967 he became Commander Amphibious
Force, US Atlantic Fleet and in July 1968 assumed duty as Director of the
Defense Atomic Support Agency, Washington, DC. He served in that capacity
until relieved of active duty pending his retirement, effective 1 August
1971.
Promotions:
Midshipman: 14 June 1928
Ensign: 2 June 1932
Lieutenant (jg): 2 June 1935
Lieutenant: 1 July 1939
Lieutenant Commander: 15 June 1942
Commander: 1 November 1943 to date from 18 November 1942
Captain: 1 January 1951
Rear Admiral: 1 July 1958
Vice Admiral: 21 August 1964
Chronological Record of Naval Service:
Jun 1932 - Apr 1936 USS Augusta
(Gunnery)
May 1936 - Jun 1938 USS Lamson
(Communication and Torpedo Officer)
Jul 1938 - Oct 1940 Postgraduate
School, Annapolis, Maryland and MIT, Cambridge (instruction in ordnance
engineering)
Oct 1940 - Aug 1941 Naval Gun
Factory, Washington, D. C. (Assistant Production Officer)
Aug 1941 - Nov 1942 USS Atlanta
(Assistant Gunnery Officer)
Nov 1942 - Jan 1943 Staff,
Commander Naval Bases, Solomons (Guadalcanal) (Operations Officer)
Feb 1943 - May 1943 USS San Diego
(Assistant Gunnery Officer)
Jun 1943 - Nov 1944 USS Miami
(Gunnery Officer)
Nov 1944 - Jun 1945 Staff,
Commander Battleship Squadron Two (Gunnery, Radar and CIC Officer)
Jun 1945 - Feb 1946 Staff,
Commander Operational Development Force (Gunnery, Radar and CIC Officer)
Mar 1946 - Sep 1948 Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department (Head,
Fire Control Section, Research and Development Division)
Oct 1948 - Jan 1950 USS Keppler
(Commanding Officer)
Jan 1950 - Jul 1951 Staff, Commander Destroyer Force, Atlantic
(Readiness Officer)
Aug 1951 - Sep 1954 Weapons System
Evaluation Group, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC
(Military Studies and Liaison)
Oct 1954 - Dec 1955 USS Piedmont
(Commanding Officer)
Jan 1956 - Feb 1957 Commander
Destroyer Squadron Thirteen
Mar 1957 - Mar 1958 Staff,
Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific (Chief of Staff and Aide)
May 1958 - May 1959 Commander Destroyer Flotilla Two
Jun 1959 - Jun 1960 Commander Naval
Base, Key West and Commander Key West Force, Florida
Jun 1960 - Nov 1961 Antisubmarine
Warfare Readiness Executive, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy
Deptartment
Nov 1961 - Oct 1962 Deputy Joint
Task Force Commander, JTF 8, and Commander Joint Task Group 8.3
Oct 1962 - May 1964 Commander Joint
Task Force Eight
Jun 1964 - May 1967 Director for
Operations, J-3, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC
May 1967 - Jul 1968 Commander
Amphibious Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, Washington, DC (changed to Defense
Nuclear Agency on 1 July 1971)
Aug 1971 Transferred to Retired
List of the U. S. Navy
Decorations and Medals:
Distinguished Service Medal, with Gold Star in lieu of 2nd Medal.
Legion of Merit, with Gold Star in lieu of 2nd medal.
Letter of Commendation (ComSoPac) (Pendant & "V")
Letter of Commendation (CinCPac) (Pendant & "V")
Presidential Unit Citation (USS Atlanta)
Presidential Unit Citation (First Marine Division, Reinforced)
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two silver stars and two bronze stars
World War II Victory Meal
China Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two stars
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Badge
Foreign Decorations:
Peruvian Cross of Naval Merit in the Degree of Senior Officer White Badge
Decoration of the Grand Star of Military Merit (Republic of Chile)
  
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