Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The first USS Mustin (DD-413), a Sims-class destroyer named in honor of the Mustin family, was commissioned in 1938 and earned thirteen battle stars for World War II service that included the battles of Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal and major amphibious operations in the Pacific. In 1946 she took part in Operation Crossroads, the atomic tests at Bikini. She was decommissioned 29 August 1946, and was destroyed by gunfire 18 April 1948 in the Marshall Islands. General Characteristics Displacement: 1,764 tons (2,313 tons full load) Length: 348 feet 4 inches Beam: 36 feet Draft: 12 feet 10 inches Performance: 50,000 shp for 35 knots Bunkerage: 459 tons Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots Guns: five 5-inch; four .50-cal machineguns Torpedoes: eight 21-inch Another destroyer was named USS Mustin (DDG-89). This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.