MUSTIN DDG 89

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Arleigh Burke (Flight IIA) Class Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 15 January 2001 - Launched 12 December 2001 Christening 15 December 2001 USS MUSTIN DDG-89 Commissioned 26 July 2003

Naval Covers

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1. USS Mustin DDG-89 Covers Page 1    (2001-2006)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC F

2003-07-26

Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 11-2(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96672-1304) (2006)

2006-06-08

Cachet & Contributed by Douglas Ebert. Notice thick killer bars.

 

Locy Type 11-2(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96672-1304) (2013)

2013-12-19

Notice thin killer bars. Serviced for Thad Kaczkowski.

 

Locy Type 12-2(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96672-1304)

2013-12-19

N/A

USCS Postmark Survey.

 

Locy Type F (UNIT 100198)

2016-11-08

Received from the USCS Postmark Survey

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark Commissioning Ceremony Station San Diego, CA

2003-07-26

Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS MUSTIN DDG-89 has earned the Navy "E" Ribbon (4 awards), the Humanitarian Service Medal and the Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon as of December 2013.

NAMESAKES - The MUSTIN Family - Captain Henry C. Mustin, USN (1874-1923); VADM Lloyd M. Mustin, USN (1911-1999); VADM Henry C. Mustin, USN;
and LCDR Thomas M. Mustin, USN.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name MUSTIN - USS Mustin DD-413 and USS Mustin DDG-89.

The ships sponsors are Lucy Holcomb Mustin & Jean Phillips Mustin.

 

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