 {|    |} uss dorothea l. dix (ap-67) was a transport ship of the united states navy named for dorothea dix (1802&ndash;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. ==service history== ===mediterranean, 1942&ndash;1943=== 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, arr
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