Mustin family

The Mustin Family

Mustin Family at Mustin beach on November 3, 1989
Ethnicity	Primarily English descent
Place of origin	United States
Members	General Richard Kennon, Commodore Beverley Kennon, Commodore Arthur Sinclair, Admiral Thomas B. Howard, Captain Douglas L. Howard, Major General George Barnett, Captain Henry Croskey Mustin, Vice Admiral George D. Murray, Vice Admiral Lloyd M. Mustin, Rear Admiral Thomas H. Morton, Lieutenant Commander Henry A. Mustin, LT Gordon S. Mustin, Vice Admiral Henry C. "Hank" Mustin, Lieutenant Commander Thomas M. Mustin, Captain Lloyd M. Mustin II, Rear Admiral John B. Mustin, Tom Mustin (a TV announcer on CBS4 in Denver), LT Lloyd “Link” Mustin
Connected families	Barnett, Howard, Morton, Murray, Sinclair
Distinctions	Five Wars in 100 Years
Traditions	US Navy

The Mustin family has recorded a tradition of service in the United States Navy extending from 1896 to the present. Their naval roots trace back to Commodore Arthur Sinclair. Probably the most famous member was Henry Croskey Mustin, a pioneering naval aviator who was designated Navy Air Pilot No. 3 and later Naval Aviator No. 11. Two U.S. Navy destroyers have borne the name Mustin in honor of members of the family, U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mustin (DD-413) and the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89).

Often referred to as "The Father of Naval Aviation," Captain Henry C. Mustin (1874–1923), an 1896 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, was the principal architect for the concept of the catapult launch. He married Corinne DeForest Montague, great-granddaughter of Commodore Arthur Sinclair, and a first cousin and close confidante of Wallis Simpson, who became involved in a controversial relationship with King Edward VIII of Great Britain who abdicated to marry her in 1936. They had three children Lloyd M., Henry A., and Gordon S. As a Lieutenant Commander, he established Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, the Navy’s first permanent airstation together with a flight school in January 1914, and became its first Commanding Officer. The first flight was made from the station on February 2 by Lt. J.H. Towers and Ens. G. de C. Chevalier. On November 5, 1915, while underway, Lt. Cmdr Mustin successfully flew an AB-2 flying boat off the stern of the USS North Carolina in Pensacola Bay, FL, making the first ever recorded catapult launching from a ship underway. In 1899, he earned a commendation for distinguished service in the capture of Vigan, Philippines. The first operational missions of naval aircraft were flown under his command during the Veracruz operation in 1914 and he was the first to hold the title: Commander, Aircraft Squadrons, Pacific Fleet. Designated Naval Aviator Number Eleven, Captain Mustin was instrumental in the design of the Naval Aviator Insignia.