According to a PR published by BAE Systems on April 5, 2022, the company has received an $89.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform major modernization work aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89).
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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (Picture source: US Navy)
Under the depot maintenance period (DMP) availability contract awarded, BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair will dry-dock the ship, perform underwater hull preservation work, recondition the engineering spaces, upgrade its command and control equipment, and refurbish the crew’s living spaces.
The DMP work is expected to begin in May 2022 and be completed in November 2023. The company expects to dry-dock the ship at the San Diego Naval Base and then complete the remaining work at its Barrio Logan facility.
BAE Systems’ San Diego shipyard is completing similar work aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) and has previously completed a DMP availability aboard USS Shoup (DDG 86).
USS Mustin is the 39th ship in the Arleigh Burke-class and was commissioned in July 2003. The ship is named in honor of the Mustin family who has more than a century of service in the U.S. Navy. One other U.S. Navy combatant has carried the family name, USS Mustin (DD 413).
The Arleigh Burke-class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer built around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multifunction passive electronically scanned array radar.
In terms of specifications, the USS Mustin has a full load displacement of 9,200 tons and a total length of 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m), a beam of 66 ft (20 m), and a draft of 31 ft (9.4 m). With a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph), the USS Mustin offers a range of 4,400 nm.
The USS Mustin’s main armaments comprise 1 × 5 inches (127 mm)/62 calibers Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun, 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons, 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns, 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes. It is also fitted with 96-cell Mk 41 VLS for RIM-66 Standard Missile 2, BGM-109 Tomahawk, and RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles.
