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.
- 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).