WWII military passenger and mail ship
For other ships with the same name, see USS Justin .
History 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.
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1944 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'yล Scharnhorst
18 Nov: I-41 Seisho Maru
20 Nov: USS Mississinewa , HMAS ML 827
21 Nov: Kongล 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 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 1943 1944 1945 October 1944 December 1944
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
