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| | Orizaba |
 | | Assigned to the Atlantic Transport Service, Orizaba carried over 15,000 troops, in 6 convoy trips, to France before the end of World War I. In December, 1918, she was temporarily assigned to assist the French government in repatriating French, Belgian, and Italian prisoners of war. |
 | | Completing her northern run at Seattle, 1 December, she carried men and supplies to Hawaii, then returned to San Francisco, whence she sailed to New Guinea, the Philippines and Ulithi to add men and materiel to forces gathering to storm the last bastion of the Japanese Empire, Okinawa. |
 | | From Ulithi, Orizaba sailed east, transited the Panama Canal, and, as the battle for Okinawa raged, arrived at Tampa, Fla. Decommissioning 23 April, she underwent overhaul and on 16 July she was transferred to Brazil under the terms of Lend Lease. |
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