MULLINNIX DD 944

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.

Forrest Sherman Class Destroyer Keel Laid 5 April 1956 - Launched 18 March 1957 USS MULLINNIX DD-944 Commissioned 7 March 1958 - Decommissioned 11 August 1983 Struck from Naval Register 26 July 1990 Sunk as target 22 August 1992

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1. USS Mullinnix DD-944 Covers Page 1     (1958-1970)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 7 March 1958 - Disestablished 1983

 

Locy Type FDC 2t(n+u)

1958-03-07

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDC 9fu

1958-03-07

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1969-02-14

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Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1961-09-23

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Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS,NY)

1969-02-14

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Locy Type 9fu

1958-05-01

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Henry Maston Mullinnix, USN (July 4 1892 - November 24 1943)
Mullinnix graduated first in his Naval Academy Class of 1916. He served in USS Balch (Destroyer #50), engaged in patrol and escort duty off Ireland during World War I. Following service in USS Gridley (DD-92) and Brooks (DD-232), he completed work in aeronautical engineering at Annapolis and MIT, receiving an M.S. degree in 1923. After flight training at Pensacola, Fla., he was designated naval aviator on 11 January 1924. He was one of those mainly responsible for developing the air-cooled engine for naval aircraft. Between 1924 and 1941, besides various shore duties, he served in Saratoga (CV-3), as assembly & repair officer; assistant air officer; and commanding officer of her bombing squadron (VB-2B), USS Wright (AV-1), and was the first commanding officer of USS Albemarle (AV-5). Mullinnix commanded Saratoga (CV-3), from 7 April 1943, until 22 August, when he was transferred to duty with a carrier division, with the rank of rear admiral. Rear Admiral Mullinnix was ComCarDiv 24, on board USS Liscombe Bay CVE-56, when she was torpedoed and sunk off Makin Island, in the Gilberts, 24 November 1943. He was reported as "Missing In Action" and declared dead one year later. Henry M. Mullinnix was posthumously awarded the Legion of Merit in recognition of his "outstanding initiative and superior executive ability." {DANFS}

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Kathryn F. Mullinnix.

 

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