USS Mustin

Scuttled

Type	Destroyer
Class	Sims
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts

Ordered to scuttle Hornet at Santa Cruz; her torpedoes failed to sink the carrier.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mustin (DD-413) at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, on 14 June 1942, following the search for survivors of the Battle of Midway. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 12 (Modified). Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts
4 × .50 caliber/90, in single mounts
8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts
2 × depth charge track, 10 depth charges

Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down	20 December 1937
Launched	8 December 1938
Commissioned	15 September 1939
Displacement	1,570 long tons (1,600 t) (std) 2,211 long tons (2,246 t) (full)
Length	348 ft 3+1⁄4 in (106.2 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	192 (10 officers/182 enlisted)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

8 December 1938

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

Survived

25–27 October 1942

Tried to scuttle Hornet

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled off Kwajalein, 18 April 1948