Overview
- USS Mustin, which arrived Monday in Yokosuka, rejoined U.S. 7th Fleet after nearly five years in San Diego.
- The destroyer completed a Navy-funded overhaul in 2022 at BAE Systems that reconditioned engineering spaces, upgraded command-and-control gear, and refurbished living quarters under an $89.4 million contract.
- The ship is now forward-deployed under Destroyer Squadron 15, the fleet’s main surface force in Japan, with shore support from Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka.
- Mustin takes the place of cruiser USS Robert Smalls, the last Ticonderoga-class ship based in Japan, which departed earlier this month for San Diego in a routine homeport shift.
- Commissioned in 2003 and named for a Navy family, Mustin had been based in Yokosuka from 2006 to 2021, and its return brings crews and families back to Japan as leaders tout renewed capability and a steady U.S. presence in the Indo-Pacific.