USS Mullinnix (DD-944)
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 USS Mullinnix, at U.S. Naval Station Trinidad, 26 June 1958 |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Henry M. Mullinnix |
| Ordered: | October 23, 1954 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 5 April 1956 |
| Launched: | 18 March 1957 |
| Acquired: | February 26, 1958 |
| Commissioned: | 7 March 1958 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 August 1983 |
| Struck: | 26 July 1990 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target, 22 August 1992 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Forrest Sherman class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,800 tons standard, 4,050 tons full load |
| Length: | 407 ft (124 m) waterline, 418 ft (127 m) overall. |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Foster-Wheeler boilers, Westinghouse steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 × shafts. |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers, 218 enlisted. |
| Armament: | 3 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns; 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 calibre Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns; 2 × mark 10/11 Hedgehogs; 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mark 32 torpedo tubes. |
USS Mullinnix (DD-944) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Henry M. Mullinnix USN (1892–1943), who was killed in action during World War II, when USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-175 and sank southwest of Butaritari Island on 24 November 1943.
Mullinnix was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, and launched by Mrs. Kathryn F. Mullinnix.
Mullinnix conducted patrol duty in the Caribbean during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, participated in the Gemini program recovery operations in March 1966, and served as plane guard for aircraft carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the conflict in Vietnam.
Featured in Twilight Zone episode, The Thirty-Fathom Grave.
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- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
