- USS Mustin (DDG-89)
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- See USS Mustin for other ships of the same name.
USS Mustin during 2005Career (US) 
Namesake: Mustin family Ordered: 6 March 1998 Laid down: 15 January 2001 Launched: 12 December 2001 Commissioned: 26 July 2003 Homeport: Yokosuka, Japan Status: in active service, as of 2011[update] Badge: 
General characteristics Displacement: 9,200 tons Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) Beam: 66 ft (20 m) Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m) Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) Speed: 30+ knots Complement: 380 officers and enlisted Armament: 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 x 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubesAircraft carried: 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters Motto: Toujours L'Audace; "Always Be Bold" The USS Mustin (DDG-89) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of the Mustin family. Mustin was the first Burke destroyer built with her funnels submerged into the superstructure, an additional stealth measure taken on the warships. The ship is the Navy's second Mustin after USS Mustin (DD-413) of World War II era.
The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding on 6 March 1998. Her keel was laid down on 15 January 2001, she was launched on 12 December 2001, and commissioned 26 July 2003. Mustin is equipped with Aegis, an advanced combat weapons system.
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Ship history
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.
During the 2008 Myanmar Cyclone Nargis crisis and the subsequent Operation Caring Response aid mission, as part of the USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group (also including the USS Juneau and the USS Harpers Ferry), she stood by off Burma from May 13 to June 5, waiting for the Myanmar junta government to permit US aid to its citizens.[1] However, in early June, with permission still not forthcoming, it was decided to put the group back on its scheduled operations.[2]
In March 2011, in company with the carrier Ronald Reagan, the ship was deployed off northeastern Honshu, Japan.[3] The mission was to assist with relief efforts after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[4]
During the 2011 Thailand floods, the ship was docked at Port Laem Chabang on a routine visit when the Thai government asked for assistance in aerial surveillance of the extent of Bangkok flooding. Captain John Kirby said Thailand had asked the warship to prolong its stay at the port for up to six days; the Pentagon said the two Seahawk helicopters aboard would conduct the reconnaissance.[5]
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A Mark 46 Mod 5A torpedo is inspected aboard the Mustin in April 2005
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The Mustin fires an exercise torpedo during maneuvers
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Navy helicopter surveys outskirts of Bangkok in 2011 Thailand floods
Notes
- ^ Martin Fletcher and Joanna Sugden (May 9, 2008). "US threatens military aid drops as Burma leaders stall". The Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3897844.ece. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ "2008 USPACOM Press Releases". USPACOM. 2008. http://www.pacom.mil/web/site_pages/media/Archives/2008%20Press%20Releases.shtml. Retrieved 29 October 2011. "U.S. Navy Ships to Depart Coast of Burma"
- ^ Rabiroff, John. "U.S. military delivers 40 tons of supplies to hardest-hit areas," Stars and Stripes (US). March 17, 2011; Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan"
- ^ Stewart, Joshua. "Navy ships off Japan move to avoid radiation," Military Times, 14 March 2011, retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "US military helicopters to survey deadly Thai flooding". BBC. 28 October 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15503346. Retrieved 29 October 2011. "Thai authorities have asked US military helicopters to survey flooding...."
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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