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USS Justin

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal
Schooner:
  • Launched in 1891 at R. Dixon & C0., Middlesbrough, England as a merchant ship
  • Purchased by the US Navy and commissioned USS Justin, 27 April 1898, CDR. George E. Ide in command
  • Decommissioned, 17 February 1899, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Recommissioned, 19 September 1900, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Decommissioned 20 December 1915, at Mare Island Navy Yard
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,419 t.
    Length 287' 6"
    Beam 39"
    Draft 19'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 35
    Armamenttwo 6-pdrs
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Justin 49k USS Justin in port, circa the late 1890s or early 1900s.
    US Navy photo # NH 52373 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center     		US Naval Historical Center
    Justin 77k Port bow view of USS Justin In drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., circa 1899.
    US Navy photo # NH 71754 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1970     		US Naval Historical Center
    Justin 110k Stern view of USS Justin in drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., circa 1889-1890.
    US Navy photo # NH 52372 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Vulcan 62k USS Justin is behind and to the right of USS South Dakota (ACR-9) at Mare Island Navy Yard circa January 1913. USS Annapolis is outboard of USS Justin. USS Justin and USS Annapolis are at the yard's coal station. A rare image of the shipyard's stiff-legged derrick with her steam driven winch is to the left of USS South Dakota. Darryl Baker
    Justin 50k USS Justin after the expansion of her amidships superstructure and the addition of a raised navigating bridge. She retains her short well deck forward. .
    US Navy photo # NH 105251 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of CAPT. Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2007.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Justin 47k USS Justin underway, probably in a US west coast harbor, circa 1910-1915. The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.
    US Navy photo # NH 104082 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Justin 46k USS Justin coming alongside another ship, with fenders rigged along her starboard side, circa 1912-1915. Photographed by Wilkinson. The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.
    US Navy photo # NH 92195 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Justin 73k USS Justin alongside USS Denver (Cruiser # 14), circa 1912-1915.
    US Navy photo # NH 93063 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of Hubert C. Rickert, courtesy of Daniel Rickert, 1981.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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