Allied Warships

USS Mustin (DD 413)

Destroyer of the Sims class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassSims 
PennantDD 413 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Dec 1937 
Launched8 Dec 1938 
Commissioned15 Sep 1939 
End service29 Aug 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Damaged in the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.
Decommissioned 29 August 1946.
Scuttled off Kwajalein 18 April 1948.
Stricken 30 April 1948.

 

Commands listed for USS Mustin (DD 413)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. James Shepherd Freeman, Sr., USN16 Sep 1939???

2Cdr. Wallis Frederick Petersen, USN< Oct 42???

3Lt.Cdr. Munro Marvin Riker, USN30 Dec 1942May 1943
4Lt.Cdr. Earl Tobias Schreiber, USNMay 1943Aug 1944
5Lt.Cdr. John Gerard, V, USNAug 1944Feb 1946

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