page_title: Henry C. Mustin (1933–2016)
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Henry C. Mustin (1933–2016) / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: VADM Henry C. Mustin greeting President Ronald Reagan at the Statue of Liberty Centennial Celebration in New York, New York July 3, 1986
context_page_description: Henry "Hank" Croskey Mustin was a vice admiral in the United States Navy and among the namesakes of USS Mustin. He distinguished himself during both the Vietnam and Cold Wars. As a flag officer he commanded Cruiser Destroyer Group 2, US Second Fleet, NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic, and Joint Task Force 120, where he was responsible for 225 ships and 2,100 aircraft spanning over 45 million square miles from the Arctic Circle to the Equator. Vice Admiral Mustin directed US Navy arms control planning, including the START negotiations with the Soviet Union. He led high-level US interagency delegations to Moscow, London, Paris, Lisbon, Oslo and Seoul. As Commander, NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic, he instituted major strategic changes to the defense of NATO that shaped the nation's maritime strategy. He also served as the senior US military representative to the United Nations. He retired from the navy on January 1, 1989, after nearly 34 years of active duty service.
context_section_description: Born into an illustrious naval family on both his mother's and father's sides, Vice Admiral Henry C. Mustin furthered the family's reputation for service to country.  His father’s side dated back to the War of 1812. His third-great-grandfather was Commodore Arthur Sinclair IV, who was voted a silver service by Congress for victories over the British in the Battle of the Great Lakes in 1812. And then there were a series of Arthur Sinclairs, one of whom commanded the stores ship Supply in Commodore Perry's expedition to open Japan. During the American Civil War another Arthur Sinclair, VADM Mustin's great-great-uncle, served in the Confederate States Navy with Captain Raphael Semmes in the CSS Alabama and fought in the Battle of Hampton Roads aboard CSS Virginia.
  Then down from that side, his grandfather and namesake, Captain Henry C. Mustin, was the first of many Mustins to attend the United States Naval Academy as a member of the Class of 1896. He was Naval Aviator #11 and considered by many to be the father of naval aviation, having established Naval Air Station Pensacola, being the first to be catapulted off a ship underway, and being in command of the aviation detachment that fought at the Battle of Veracruz, which was the first time that any U.S. aviator of any service was fired on by ground forces. Admiral Mustin's grandmother, Corinne Mustin, was a first cousin of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor. When his grandfather Henry Mustin died, she remarried Admiral George D. Murray, Naval Academy Class of 1910. Murray was captain of the Enterprise during the Doolittle Raid and at the Battle of Midway, and was a close friend of Admiral Chester Nimitz. After the Japanese surrendered to the United States on board USS Missouri, Admiral Nimitz signed a copy of the picture to Admiral Murray with thanks. At the end of the war, he was the commander of the Mariana Islands, and accepted the Japanese surrender of the Caroline Islands aboard his flagship, the cruiser Portland (CA-33). Admiral Mustin's great-uncle was General George Barnett, Naval Academy Class of 1881 and 12th commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Mustin was the third generation of his family to attend the US Naval academy. His father, Vice Admiral Lloyd M. Mustin, was Naval Academy class of 1932. His brother and one of his sons also graduated from Annapolis.  Mustin said: "I’m the class of ’55, my brother, Tom, is the class of 62, and my youngest son, John, is the class of ’90."
  On his mother’s side, Admiral Mustin's great-grandfather, Admiral Thomas Benton Howard, was Naval Academy Class of 1876. Admiral Howard was among the Captains of the "Great White Fleet" in command of USS Ohio. Admiral Howard was CinCPacFlt at the Battle of Veracruz. Admiral Howard's son, and Admiral Mustin's great-uncle, Captain Douglas L. Howard, Naval Academy Class of 1906, earned a Navy Cross during WWII. VADM Mustin's maternal grandfather, Captain James P. Morton, Naval Academy Class of 1895, fought with Admiral George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay and was superintendent of the naval Postgraduate School. His mother’s brother was Rear Admiral Thomas H. Morton, Naval Academy Class of 1933.
caption: VADM Henry C. Mustin greeting President Ronald Reagan at the Statue of Liberty Centennial Celebration in New York, New York, July 3, 1986
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