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late on 9 July and debarking her troops and cargo early the next day under heavy air attack. She embarked wounded and one Italian prisoner and returned to Oran on 15 July. A week later she was en route to New York, arriving on 3 August to debark her passengers, German prisoners of war. A similar
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and for Oran to embark Army troops. She unloaded cargo at Gourock Bay between 24 and 30 November then sailed to New York, arriving on 11 December. Between 29 December 1943 and 10 March 1944 she carried troops on two voyages from New York to Gourock Bay and
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two days later, unloading tanks and Army troops for the assault landings. She continued to support this operation by carrying French, British, and Italian as well as American troops to
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on 4 January 1945. Two weeks later she sailed to carry Army troops to Pearl Harbor, returning to San Francisco on 2 February. After a voyage to
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arriving on 1 May. Here she landed support troops and embarked casualties and naval passengers for San Francisco, arriving on 27 May.
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After amphibious training at Norfolk, she sailed on 8 June 1943 for Oran, arriving on 22 June. On 5 July she got underway for the
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for disposal the same day. In commercial service until sold 13 December 1968 to Aguilar y Peria, S.L., Spain for scrap.
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from Naples and Oran until 22 October. Three days later she left Oran for New York, arriving on 8 November.
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voyage was made to Oran between 21 August and 21 September after which she sailed on 8 October for the
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on 24 November. Between 12 December 1942 and 5 April 1943 she made two more transatlantic voyages to
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sailed with Task Force 34 (TF 34) to land Army troops and supply scout boats in the assault at
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contract; sponsored by Miss P. J. Kalloch; transferred to the Navy on 13 September 1942; and
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on the 7th to debark casualties, then embarked troops in the Clyde area and tanks at
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operated on transport duty from San Francisco and other west coast ports to the
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underway, 10 July 1943, the first day of the invasion of Sicily. A
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is visible near the waterline about a third back from the bow.
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put to sea from New York on 18 December 1944, and arrived at
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wrote a first-hand account of the Normandy landings from the
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Hemingway referred to the ship as the "Dorothea M. Dix."
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Hemingway, Ernest (22 June 1944). "Voyage to Victory".
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Dorothea Dix
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
battle stars
Type C3 class ship
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4 in (100 mm)
3 in (76 mm)
transport ship
United States Navy
Dorothea Dix
launched
Bethlehem Steel Company
Quincy, Massachusetts
Maritime Commission

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