USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67)
Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67) underway, 10 July 1943, the first day of the invasion of Sicily. A paravane is visible near the waterline about a third back from the bow.
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| Name: | USS Dorothea L. Dix |
| Namesake: | Dorothea Dix |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Launched: | 22 June 1940 |
| Acquired: | 13 September 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 17 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 April 1946 |
| Honors and awards: |
5 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Unknown |
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| Type: | Type C3 class ship |
| Displacement: | 11,625 long tons (11,812 t) |
| Length: | 473 ft (144 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 422 officers and enlisted |
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USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67) was a transport ship of the United States Navy named for Dorothea Dix (1802–1887).
Dorothea L. Dix was launched on 22 June 1940 as Exemplar by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Miss P. J. Kalloch; transferred to the Navy on 13 September 1942; and commissioned on 17 September 1942, Captain L. B. Schulten in command.
Putting to sea from Cove Point, Maryland, on 23 October 1942, Dorothea L. Dix sailed with Task Force 34 (TF 34) to land Army troops and supply scout boats in the assault at Safi, French Morocco, from 8 to 12 November, during "Operation Torch". She returned to Norfolk on 24 November. Between 12 December 1942 and 5 April 1943 she made two more transatlantic voyages to Oran, Algeria, carrying Army troops and nurses.
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 invasion of Sicily, arriving off Scoglitti 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 voyage was made to Oran between 21 August and 21 September after which she sailed on 8 October for the United Kingdom.
Dorothea L. Dix arrived at Gourock Bay, Scotland, on 17 October 1943, and sailed ten days later for Algiers where she exchanged troops for 243 survivors of Beatty (DD-640) 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 Liverpool.
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