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[1] Captain Henry C. Mustin, USN (1874-1923). A 1896 graduate of the US Naval Academy, earned a commendation for distinguished service in the capture of Vigan, Philippines, in 1899. He piloted the first aircraft ever catapulted from a ship; flew the first operational mission of naval aircraft during the Veracruz operation in 1914; and was the first commander of Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet. [2] VADM Lloyd M. Mustin, USN (1911-1999), the son of Captain Henry C. Mustin. A 1932 graduate of the US Naval Academy, took part in developing the Navy's first lead-computing antiaircraft gun sight, which proved of major importance in the air-sea actions of World War II. He served in the Light Cruiser USS Atlanta CL-51, during the naval battle of Guadalcanal. The "Mighty A" was lost during that battle. He, along with other survivors, came ashore on Guadalcanal and served with a naval unit attached to the First Marine Division. His postwar 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. [3] VADM Henry C. Mustin, USN, the son of VADM Lloyd M. Mustin, USN. A 1955 graduate of the US 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. [4] LCDR Thomas M. Mustin, USN, the son of VADM Henry C. Mustin, USN. A 1962 graduate of the US Naval Academy, earned a Bronze Star in Vietnam, for river patrol combat action. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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52k | 12 December 2001, Pascagoula, Mississippi: A port side view of the USS Mustin ( DDG 89) being assisted by tugboats following the ships launch at the Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula Mississippi. | Fred Weiss | |
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45k | On 15 December 2001, the Mustin was moved across land from its construction site to a floating drydock for her launching, shown using a wheel-on-rail system which uses small railcars to roll the ship. | Northrop Grumman Corporation | |
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49k | Cover of the Christening program, December 15 2001. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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97k | Christening coin, December 15 2001. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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90k | 030502-N-1350S-010. Aboard the Pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) Mustin (DDG 89), May 2 2003, Operation Specialist Seaman Tyrone S. Alston conducts bearing checks during Sea and Anchor detail as Pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) Mustin (DDG 89) departs Pascagoula, Miss. PCU Mustin is scheduled to be commissioned on July 26 in her homeport of San Diego, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Esther E. Smith. | Bill Gonyo | |
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72k | Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, June 6 2003, the Pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Mustin is berthed at the Allegheny pier at the Naval Air Station. | Steven A. Cardali | |
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68k | As above. | Steven A. Cardali | |
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136k | 030609-N-4039N-001. Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida June 9 2003, pre-commissioning Unit Mustin (DDG-89) is berthed at the Allegheny Pier on Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. The guided missile destroyer will be heading to San Diego, where it will be commissioned in July. U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Nichols. | Bill Gonyoi | |
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51k | Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, CA. USS Mustin is berthed at pier Juliet prior to her commissioning ceremony. | Steven A. Cardali | |
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156k | Off the Atlantic Coast the PCU Mustin is conducting Sea Trials. The Mustin (DDG 89), the 18th Aegis guided missile destroyer built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, will be commissioned on Saturday, July 26, 2003 in Coronado, Calif. Photo Courtesy of Northrup Grumman Corporation. Copyright © 2007 Northrop Grumman Corporation. | Bill Gonyo | |
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34k | Twilight Commissioning ceremony July 26, 2003. | Steven A. Cardali | |
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128k | USS Mustin (DDG 89), the 18th Aegis guided missile destroyer built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, was commissioned Saturday night on July 26, 2003. The ship, built at the sector's Ingalls operations in Pascagoula, Miss., is now officially a member of Destroyer Squadron One in the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Photo Courtesy of Northrup Grumman Corporation. Copyright © 2007 Northrop Grumman Corporation | Bill Gonyo | |
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83k | San Diego March 29 2004. | Brian J Johnson | |
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95k | 050415-N-5526M-010. Persian Gulf, April 15 2005, sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), release chains holding pallet of stores sent over from the fast combat support ship USS Camden (AOE-2) during a replenishment at sea. Mustin is currently deployed with the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group, currently on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Robert McRill. | Bill Gonyo | |
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144k | 050415-N-5526M-021. Persian Gulf, April 15 2005, Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Francis Del Rosario, assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), prepares bread for the next day's meal in the ships galley. Mustin is currently deployed with the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group, currently on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Robert McRill. | Bill Gonyo | |
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85k | 050514-N-9446C-036, Persian Gulf, May 14 2005, the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) breaks away from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) underway replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) after a successful replenishment at sea evolution in the Persian Gulf. Mustin and Walter S. Diehl are part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group currently conducting operations in support of multi-national forces in Iraq. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Refugio Carrillo. | Jack Treutle | |
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102k | 050801-N-1577S-043. San Diego, CA, August 1 2005, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) arrives at Naval Station San Diego after returning from a six-month deployment. Mustin was deployed with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Timothy Sosa. | Jack Treutle | |
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37k | 060708-N-4649C-218 Yokosuka, Japan, July 8 2006, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) having recently arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, is welcomed by the Seventh Fleet Band and official visitors. As part of the Navy’s long range plans to replace older ships with its newest, most capable ships in its forward deployed naval forces, Mustin will relieve USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) as part of Destroyer Squadron Fifteen. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton. | Tony Cowart | |
| 53k | 061013-N-6959H-022, Yokosuka, Japan, October 13 2006, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USS Mustin (DDG 89) display their flags commemorating the U.S. Navy’s 231st Birthday. U.S. Navy photo by Operations Specialist 2nd Class Kevin Harris. | Tony Cowart | |
| 107k | 070412-N-9851B-005. U.S. Navy Aviation Electrician Airman Matthew Cook and Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Bradley Bendell, of the "warlords" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light 51, install an arming wire on an MK-46 exercise torpedo as Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Rob ert O'Briant observes in the hangar bay of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) April 12, 2007, in the Philippine Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist John L. Beeman. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 119k | 070412-N-9851B-007. Philippine Sea, April 12 2007, a MK-46 exercise torpedo is launched from the deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during a torpedo launch exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist John L. Beeman. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 67k | Pacific Ocean, August 14 2007, Nimitz (CVN-68), Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and John C. Stennis (CVN-74) Carrier Strike Groups transit in formation during a joint photo exercise (PHOTOEX) during Valiant Shield 2007, the largest joint exercise in the Pacific this year. Held in the Guam operating area, Valiant Shield 2007 included 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 service members from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. The aerial formation, led by an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, consists of aircraft from the carrier strike groups as well as Air Force aircraft. Ships are, left to right: guided missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG-90); nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), followed by the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG-59) and the guided missile destroyers USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) and USS Pinckney (DDG-91); nuclear-propelled attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN-767); aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), followed by the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63) and guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89); nuclear-propelled attack submarine USS Key West (SSN-722); nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), followed by the guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54) and the guided missile destroyers USS Preble (DDG-88) and USS O'Kane (DDG-77); the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer on the extreme right has not been positively identified, but is possibly USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60). | Fabio Peña | |
| 75k | 070901-N-7883G-001. Port Kelang, Malaysia, September 1 2007, USS Mustin (DDG 89) leaves Port Kelang after a four-day visit. USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), USS Cowpens (CG 63), USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) and Mustin were in Malaysia after completing exercise Valiant Shield 2007 off the coast of Guam. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kyle D. Gahlau. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 98k | 071121-N-3136P-063. South China Sea, November 21 2007, a boatswain's mate removes the chock and chains from an SH-60F Seahawk, from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 14, before taking off from the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89). Mustin is part of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group and operates from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jimmy C. Pan. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 100k | 080212-N-7446H-004. Pacific Ocean, February 12 2008, the crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) test the ship's counter measure wash-down sprinkler system (CMWDS) on the foc'sle during a chemical biological and radiological (CBR) drill. The CMWDS uses seawater to remove toxic liquids and gases from exposed sections of the ship after a CBR attack. The Mustin is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derek J. Hurder. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 115k | 080214-N-7446H-260. Pacific Ocean, February 14 2008, the five-inch gun system aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) fires at a practice target during a live-fire exercise. Mustin is deployed with Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derek J. Hurder. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 128k | VIRIN: 080221-N-7446H-016. U.S. Navy weapons department personnel launch an inactive torpedo off the port side of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during a training exercise while under way in the Pacific Ocean Feb. 21, 2008. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derek J. Hurder, U.S. Navy. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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55k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
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