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{{Infobox ship
|section1={{Infobox ship/image
 |image=USS Mullinnix (DD-944) underway in the Mediterranean Sea 1970.jpg
 |image_caption=USS ''Mullinnix'' in 1970
 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
 |hide_header=
 |country=United States
 |flag={{USN flag|1983}}
 |name=''Mullinnix''
 |namesake= [[Henry M. Mullinnix]]
 |ordered=23 October 1954
 |builder=[[Bethlehem Steel]], [[Fore River Shipyard]]
 |laid_down=5 April 1956
 |launched=18 March 1957
 |acquired=26 February 1958
 |commissioned=7 March 1958
 |decommissioned=11 August 1983
 |in_service=
 |out_of_service=
 |struck=26 July 1990
 |reinstated=
 |honours=
 |fate=*Sunk as a target,
       *22 August 1992
 |notes=
 }}

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 |header_caption=
 |class={{sclass|Forrest Sherman|destroyer}}
 |displacement=*2,800&nbsp;tons standard,
               *4,050&nbsp;tons full load
 |length=*{{convert|407|ft|m|abbr=on}} waterline,
         *{{convert|418|ft|m|abbr=on}} overall.
 |beam={{convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on}}
 |draught=
 |draft={{convert|22|ft|m|abbr=on}}
 |propulsion=*4 × {{convert|1200|psi|MPa|abbr=on}} [[Foster-Wheeler]] boilers,
             *[[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] steam turbines; {{convert|70000|shp|abbr=on}};
             *2 × shafts.
 |speed={{convert|32.5|kn|lk=in}}
 |range=*{{convert|4500|nmi|km|lk=in}}
        *&nbsp;at {{convert|20|kn|km/h}}
 |complement=15 officers, 218 enlisted.
 |sensors=
 |EW=
 |armament=*3 × [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns]];
           *4 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/50 calibre Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns]];
           *2 × Mark 10/11 [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehogs]];
           *6 × {{convert|12.75|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mark 32 torpedo tubes]].
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'''USS ''Mullinnix'' (DD-944)''' was a {{sclass|Forrest Sherman|destroyer}} of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for Admiral [[Henry M. Mullinnix]] USN (1892&ndash;1943), who was killed in action during [[World War II]], when the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Liscome Bay|CVE-56|6}} was torpedoed by the Japanese [[submarine]] {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-175||2}} and sank southwest of [[Butaritari Island]] on 24 November 1943.

''Mullinnix'' was built by the [[Bethlehem Steel]] Corporation's [[Fore River Shipyard]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], and [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] by Mrs. Kathryn F. Mullinnix.

''Mullinnix'' conducted patrol duty in the [[Caribbean]] during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] in 1962, participated in the [[Gemini program]] recovery operations in March 1966, and served as plane guard for aircraft carriers on [[Yankee Station]] in the [[Tonkin Gulf]], participated in [[Operation Sea Dragon (Vietnam War)|Sea Dragon]] operations, patrolled on [[search and rescue]] duties, and carried out [[naval gunfire support]] missions during the [[Vietnam War]].

''Mullinix'' and her [[sister ship]] {{USS|Edson|DD-946|2}} appeared in ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[The Thirty-Fathom Grave]]."

==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/mullinnix.html}}
*{{Naval Vessel Register|hull=DD-944}}

==External links==
* [http://www.theussmullinnix.com/ Website dedicated to the ship]
* [http://www.mightymux.com/ Website dedicated to the ship]
* [http://www.ussmullinnixassociation.com// Website dedicated to the ship's association]
* [http://navysite.de/dd/dd944.htm Basic technical parameters] and [http://www.navsource.net/archives/05/944.htm photo gallery]

{{Forrest Sherman class destroyer}}
{{1992 shipwrecks}}

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[[Category:Forrest Sherman-class destroyers]]
[[Category:Cold War destroyers of the United States]]
[[Category:Vietnam War destroyers of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Ships sunk as targets]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1992]]
[[Category:1957 ships]]