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Guided Missile Destroyer
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DDG 89
- USS Mustin
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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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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
‘always be
bold’
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)
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ship
images
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Hong Kong - November 2011 USS Mustin (DDG-89) and ROKS Wang Geon
(DDH-978) - Korea Strait - October 2011 USS Mustin (DDG-89) and ROKS Wang Geon
(DDH-978) - Korea Strait - October 2011 Pacific Ocean - March 2011 off Okinawa, Japan - February 2011 Sihanoukville, Cambodia - December 2010 Sihanoukville, Cambodia - December 2010 Philippine Sea - June 2010 Pacific Ocean - June 2010 USS Mustin (DDG-89) and JS Hiei (DDH-142)
- Pacific Ocean - June 2010 Yokosuka, Japan - May 2010 Pacific Ocean - October 2009 Pacific Ocean - August 2009 MH-60S Seahawk (HSC-23) - Pacific Ocean -
August 2009 Pacific Ocean - August 2009 Pacific Ocean - August 2009 Pacific Ocean - August 2009 Mk-46 recoverable exercise torpedo
(REXTORP) launch - Pacific Ocean - August 2009 SH-60 Seahawk (HS-14) - Pacific Ocean -
August 2009 SH-60B Seahawk (HSL-51) - Coral Sea -
July 2009 SH-60B Seahawk (HSL-51) - Coral Sea -
July 2009 Mk-45 Mod.4 5-inch/62-caliber gun fire -
Pacific Ocean - July 2009 Mk-45 Mod.4 5-inch/62-caliber gun fire -
Pacific Ocean - July 2009 Sydney, Australia - July 2009 Sydney, Australia - July 2009 Sydney, Australia - July 2009 Andaman Sea - June 2008 Andaman Sea - May 2008 Mk-46 recoverable exercise torpedo
(REXTORP) was launched from Mk-32 surface vessel torpedo tubes (SVTT) -
Pacific Ocean - February 2008 Mk-45 Mod.4 5-inch/62-caliber gun fire -
Pacific Ocean - February 2008 counter measure wash-down sprinkler
system (CMWDS) test - Pacific Ocean - February 2008 Yokosuka, Japan - October 2007 Port Klang, Malaysia - September 2007 recoverable exercise torpedo (REXTORP)
launch from Mk-32 SVTT - Philippine Sea - April 2007 Yokosuka, Japan - March 2007 Pacific Ocean - October 2006 Yokosuka, Japan - October 2006 USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) and USS
Mustin (DDG-89) - Yokosuka, Japan - October 2006 Yokosuka, Japan - July 2006 Yokosuka, Japan - July 2006 San Diego, California - August 2005 San Diego, California - August 2005 Persian Gulf - June 2005 Persian Gulf - June 2005 Mk-32 surface vessel torpedo tubes (SVTT)
- Persian Gulf - April 2005 Persian Gulf - April 2005 Persian Gulf - April 2005 Persian Gulf - April 2005 San Diego, California - February 2005 San Diego, California - February 2005 commissioning - NAS North Island (San
Diego), California - July 26, 2003 commissioning - NAS North Island (San
Diego), California - July 26, 2003 commissioning - NAS North Island (San
Diego), California - July 26, 2003 Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island,
California - July 2003 Pensacola, Florida - June 2003 Pensacola, Florida - June 2003 |
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Namesake & History: |
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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. |
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Captain Henry C. Mustin (1874 - 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. |
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Vice
Admiral Henry C. Mustin: VADM Henry C.
Mustin, Commander 2nd Fleet, during
the commissioning ceremony of USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) - April 1986 VADM Henry C.
Mustin (ret.) speaks at the commissioning
of USS Mustin (DDG-89) - July 2003 |
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USS
Mustin (DDG 89): In July 2006, Mustin and her crew
of 300 was deployed to Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan, home of the Navy's
7th Fleet, for permanent assignment. Though coming at an opportune time in
response to the recent North Korea missile tests, the deployment was
previously ordered, unrelated to the incidents. (source: wikipedia) |
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patches |
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