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 Dorothea L. Dix 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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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | 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 | Sold 1946, scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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 American activist Dorothea Dix (1802–1887).