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USS Mustin DD-413 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia |
Hull Number: |
DD-413 |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
September 15, 1939 |
Keel Laid: |
December 20, 1937 |
Decommissioned: |
August 29, 1946 |
Launched: |
December 8, 1938 |
Stricken: |
April 30, 1948 |
Fate: |
Used as target ship during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests in July 1946. Mustin survived both blasts and was sunk by gunfire on Apr. 18, 1948 off Kwajalein. |
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Notes |
Named in honor of Capt. Henry C. Mustin, USN (1874-1923). |
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Sponsored by Miss Lloyd M. Mustin. |
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Builder's Data |
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Page published Apr. 4, 2009 |