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USAT CHATEAU THIERRY in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal.  Built in 1921, the Chateau Thierry operated as an Army troop transport between the wars, was transferred in July 1941 to the US Navy and redesignated USS Chateau Thierry (AP-31) and in 1943 was converted to a hospital ship USAHS Chateau Thierry, in which role she served out the war, 

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