DOROTHEA L DIX AP 67

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Dorothea L. Dix Class Transport
Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (C3-E) hull
Launched June 22 1940 as SS EXEMPLAR


1. SS EXEMPLAR (Commercial Service)
   Placed In Service August 1 1940 by American Export Lines
   Purchased by War Shipping Administration, leased to Great Britain April 19 1941
   
   
2. HMS EMPIRE WIDGEON (British Naval Service)
   Placed In Service as British Ministry of War Transport and renamed
   Returned to War Shipping Administration April 17 1942
   Leased to American Export Lines
   Purchased by American Export Lines May 9 1942
   Acquired by War Department August 14 1942
   Acquired by U.S. Navy September 13 1942
   
   
3. USS DOROTHEA L. DIX AP-67
   Commissioned September 17 1942 - Decommissioned April 24 1946
   
   Struck from the Naval Register (Date unknown)
   
   
4. SS EXEMPLAR (Commercial Service)
   Returned to owner American Export Lines name restored
   
   Sold December 13 1968 to Aguilar y Peria ,S.L., Spain for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-03-31

The ship is identified by the 9efu cancel applied to a separate slip of paper slipped inside the cover.

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1944-06-23

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Locy Type 9efu

1946-03-31

The cancel was applied to a separate sheet of paper slipped inside the cover.

 

Other Information

Earned 5 Battle Stars (WWII)
* North African occupation, Algeria-Morocco landings, November 1942
* Sicilian occupation, July 1943
* Invasion of Normandy, June 1944
* Invasion of Southern France, August 1944
* Okinawa Gunto operation, Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
World War II Victory Medal
Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4 1802 - July 17 1887)
Dix 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 July 17 1887

 

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