USS Justin (IX-228)

History
United States
Name	Gus W. Darnell Justin
Namesake	Gus W. Darnell Justin
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	1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun 1 x 5 in (130 mm) gun 3 x 20 mm cannon

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

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

This page was last edited on 29 June 2023, at 17:17