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USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Quebec - Zulu NEQZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

Dorothea L Dix Class Transport:

Laid down as SS Exemplar a Maritime Commission type (C3-E) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 102) at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 22 June 1940

Delivered and placed in service, 1 August 1940, by American Export Lines

Purchased by the War Shipping Administration and leased to Great Britain, 19 April 1941

Placed in service as the British Ministry of War Transport Empire Widgeon

Returned to the War Shipping Administration at New York, 17 April 1942, leased to American Export Lines

Purchased by American Export Lines, 9 May 1942

Acquired by the War Department, 14 August 1942

Acquired by the US Navy, 13 September 1942

Commissioned, USS Dorothea L Dix (AP-67), 17 September 1942, CAPT. Leo B. Schulten in command

During World War II USS Dorothea L. Dix was assigned first to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and later to the Asiatic Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
North African occupation Algeria-Morocco landings, 8 to 11 November 1942	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 8 May 1945
Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944

Decommissioned, 24 April 1946 at New York, N.Y, and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day

Returned to her owner, American Export Lines, renamed SS Exemplar

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

USS Dorothea L Dix earned five battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 December 1968, to Aguilar y Peria , S.L., Spain

Specifications:
Displacement 5.500 t.(lt) 12,580 t.(fl)
Length 473'
Beam 66'
Draft 22' 5"
Speed 17.5 kts.

Cargo Capacity 1,400 DWT
non-refrigerated 179,041 Cu. ft.

Complement

Officers 38

Enlisted 384

Troop Accommodations

Officers 92

Enlisted 1,460

Armament

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

two double 40mm gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 12,660 Bbls

Diesel 400 Bbls

Propulsion

one Bethlehem steam turbine

four Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 495psi 750°

double Falk Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
one turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.
three turbo-drive 150Kw 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 8,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67)
	161k	*Namesake* Dorothea Lynde Dix born 4 April 1802 at Hampden, Maine, taught school as a young woman. In 1841 she began her well-known efforts to secure humane treatment of the mentally ill, instituting many reforms and advocating State care which later became a reality. She was superintendent of women nurses during the Civil War and continued her humanitarian work until her death 17 July 1887 . Digital ID: cph 3a12244 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs	Bill Gonyo
	101k	*USS Dorothea L Dix* (AP-67)** moored at Norfolk, VA., 8 October 1942. US Navy photo from "US Amphibious Ships and Craft", by Norman Friedman.	Robert Hurst
	403k	*USS Dorothea L Dix* (AP-67)** moored in Hampton Roads, probably, at the US Army Port of Embarkation Piers, Newport News, VA., 27 Ma y1943. US Army photo.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	77k	171st Field Artillery and 179th Infantry, 45th Division, on Pier X, Newport News, about to embark for service overseas. *USS Dorothea L Dix* (AP-67)**, in the background. Official US Army photo produced by US Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 4 June 1943. Photo now in the collections of the Library of Virginia. Image No. C1:2/05/074.	The Library of Virginia, US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection
	95k	*USS Dorothea L. Dix* (AP-67)** under way, 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. Photographed from Ancon (AGC-4). Note: the date 10 July 1943 is from the original caption. Since a full set of landing craft is embarked, it is possible that the photograph was taken earlier. US National Archives photo # 80-G-215096, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
092206710	219k	*USS Dorothea L. Dix* (AP-67) during a convoy to Casablanca in 1943, picture taken from USS Nicholson (DD-442)*. LIFE Magazine Archives* - Dmitri Kessel Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest.	Mike Green
	59k	A halftone reproduction of a photograph of *USS Dorothea L. Dix* (AP-67)** taken during World War II, showing the ship in port. US Navy photo # NH 99114 copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, now in th collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command .	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	53k	*USS Dorothea L. Dix* (AP-67)** at anchor, circa 1945, location unknown. US Navy photo # NH 86624, now in th collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	611k	Starboard aerial view of *USS Dorothea L. Dix* (AP-67)** at sea, 17 April 1945 off the Pacific coast of the United States. by an airship from Airship Squadron Thirty-Three (ZP-33). The ship carries Measure 32/6t camouflage scheme. US National Archives, Photo # 80-G-320302, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy of C. Lee Johnson. usndazzle.com.	Mike Green
Merchant Service American Export LInes
	338k	Ex-*USS Dorothea L. Dix* (AP-67)** as American Export Line's cargoliner SS Exemplar under way in the harbor at New York City, date unknown.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS Dorothea L Dix (AP-67)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Schulten, Leo Byron USN (USNA 1920)	17 September 1942 - ?
02	CAPT. Leahy, William Irving USN (USNA 1920) :RADM	no dates
03	CAPT. Laffan, John James	26 February 1945 - 24 April 1946

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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