USS Mugford DD-389 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
Bagley |
Builder: |
Boston Naval Shipyard Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
Hull Number: |
DD-389 |
Ordered: |
August 22, 1934 |
Commissioned: |
August 16, 1937 |
Keel Laid: |
October 28, 1935 |
Decommissioned: |
August 29, 1946 |
Launched: |
October 31, 1936 |
Stricken: |
April 5, 1948 |
Fate: |
Used as target ship during the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll (Operation Crossroads) in July 1946. Survived both tests and was used for in a radiological decontamination study. Scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll in Mar. 22, 1948. |
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Page published Jan. 10, 2015 |