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==Service history== Her maiden voyage was to the Middle East. During World War II she made 12 voyages to ports including [[Murmansk]] (as part of [[Convoy PQ 18]]{{sfn|Hague|2009}}), Trinidad, [[Cape Town]], Naples, and Dakar.{{sfn|Vindicatrix}} She survived the war, but was seriously damaged when she went aground on a reef off the coast of [[Florida]], {{coord|25|08|N|80|16|W|display=inline}}, in July 1946. The ship was laid up at [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]], [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], Alabama. On 18 September 1958, she was sold to [[Bethlehem Steel]], for $76,191. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 22 October 1958, and was scrapped at Baltimore.{{sfn|MARAD}}{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p= 36}}{{sfn|Hague|2009}}
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