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USS Mustin (DDG-89)

The second USS Mustin (DDG 89) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer named in honor of the Mustin family. 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 15 December.

General Characteristics

  • Overall Length: 511 feet
  • Waterline Length: 471 feet
  • Extreme Beam: 66 feet
  • Waterline Beam: 59 feet
  • Maximum Navigational Draft: 33 feet
  • Draft Limit: 22 feet
  • Light Displacement: 6600 tons
  • Full Displacement: 8344 tons
  • Dead Weight: 1744 tons
  • Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
  • Number of Propellers: 2
  • Propulsion Type: Gas Turbines
  • Accommodations: Officers: 32 Enlisted: 348
  • Armament:
    • Missiles: Standard surface-to-air missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles from forward and aft vertical launching systems
    • Close-In Weapons Systems: two Phalanx
    • Antiship: Harpoon missiles
    • Torpedoes: two launchers
    • Gun: one five-inch gun

Another destroyer was named USS Mustin (DD-413).



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