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				PANAMA CANAL  - Laid down as a WWI liberty ship,  
				the USAT St. Mihiel was launched in 1920 and operated as an army 
				transport from 1922 until mid-1940. She was then transferred to 
				the USN, and was commissioned as USS St. Mihiel. In  
				November 1943 she was retransferred to the Army, and was used as 
				a hospital ship.   |