Justice ATR-20

Justice

A British name retained.

(ATR-20: dp. 1,360; 1. 165'5"; b. 33'6"; dr. 15'10" 1- s. 12 k.; cpl. 32; a. 1 3", 2 20mm.; cl. ATR-1)

ATR-20 was laid down by Camden Ship Building & Marine Railway Co., Camden, Maine, 20 January 1943; launched 18 October 1943; sponsored by Miss Joy D. Creyk; transferred to the United Kingdom under lendlease 24 April 1944; and commissioned as H.M.S. Justice at Boston, Mass., the same day, Lt. J. S. Allison, RNR, in command.

During the remainder of World War 11, Justice served as a rescue tug in the Royal Navy. She was returned to the U.S. Navy 20 March 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy List 3 July 1946, and she was sold 3 October 1947.