USS Justin (IX-228)
WWII military passenger and mail ship
For other ships with the same name, see USS Justin.
| History |
United States |
Name | |
Namesake | |
Ordered | as Gus W. Darnell |
Builder | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation |
Launched | 22 May 1944 |
Acquired | 2 September 1945 |
Commissioned | 4 September 1945 |
Decommissioned | 23 January 1946 |
Identification | IX-228 |
Fate | Sold 25 May 1954 and scrapped |
General characteristics |
Displacement | 3,381 tons |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 11 in (8.51 m) |
Speed | 11 kn (20 km/h) |
Complement | 210 |
Armament | |
USS Justin (IX-228), formerly the liberty ship Gus W. Darnell, was built by Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, Texas, in 1944. She was operated as a cargo ship in the Pacific and acquired by the US Navy on 2 September 1945; and commissioned at Guiuan Roadstead, Philippine Islands on 4 September 1945.
Justin departed for Shanghai, China, 20 October where she embarked naval passengers for transport to the United States. She picked up a cargo of 3,000 bags of mail at Guam before arriving San Francisco, California 23 December 1945. Justin decommissioned at San Francisco 23 January 1946 and was turned over to the War Shipping Administration. She was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California, until being sold 25 May 1954 to the Boston Metals Corporation and scrapped.
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1944 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Nov: USS Abner Read, TA20, HMS Whitaker
- 2 Nov: Fort Lee
- 3 Nov: Akikaze
- 5 Nov: Kiebitz, Nachi, PB-107, TA21
- 7 Nov: USS Albacore, HM LST-420
- 8 Nov: USS Growler
- 9 Nov: U-537
- 10 Nov: Gokoku Maru, USS Mount Hood
- 11 Nov: Hamanami, Naganami, USS Scamp, Shimakaze, U-771, U-1200, Wakatsuki
- 12 Nov: HMAS Marlean, Tirpitz
- 13 Nov: Akebono, Akishimo, Hatsuharu, Hatsu Maru, I-12, I-38, Kiso, Okinami
- 17 Nov: USS LST-6, Mayasan Maru, NKI 01, Shin'yō (ex-Scharnhorst)
- 18 Nov: I-41, Seisho Maru
- 20 Nov: USS Mississinewa, HMAS ML 827
- 21 Nov: Kongō, Urakaze
- 22 Nov: Hokkai Maru, HMS Stratagem
- 24 Nov: Hansa
- 25 Nov: Kumano, HMCS Shawinigan, Shimotsuki, Sumida, U-482, Yasoshima
- 27 Nov: Rigel
- 28 Nov: U-80, PB-105, Yu 2
- 29 Nov: Fushimi, I-365, Shinano
- Unknown date: Mogador, U-479, U-1020
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Other incidents |
- 10 Nov: USS Abarenda, USS Alhena, USS Argonne, USS Aries, USS Cacapon, USS Cebu, HMS Hydra, USS Kyne, USS Lyman, USS Mindanao, USS Oberrender, USS Petrof Bay, USS Piedmont, USS Potawatomi, USS Preserver, USS Saginaw Bay, USS Talbot, USS Walter C. Wann, USS YMS-238, USS Young
- 13 Nov: U-1052
- 17 Nov: HMAS ML 827, Seisho Maru
- 23 Nov: Gus W. Darnell
- 27 Nov: USS Gar
- 28 Nov: USS Spearfish
- 30 Nov: HMS Duff
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