USS Susan B. Anthony, a 8,195-ton transport, was built at Camden, New Jersey, in 1930 as the commercial passenger liner Santa Clara. She was employed as a civilian-manned troop carrier during the early part of U.S. participation in World War II and, in August 1942, was acquired by the Navy and renamed. Commissioned in September, during the final two months of 1942 and the first half of 1943 she participated in the invasion of Morocco and the subsequent buildup of Allied forces in North Africa. In July 1943, during the Sicily invasion, Susan B. Anthony landed men and materiel near Scoglitti, subsequently fighting off enemy air attacks. She then returned to trans-Atlantic trooping service, mainly taking her passengers to the British Isles in preparation for the forthcoming invasion of northern France. In the morning of 7 June 1944, a day after the first landings at Normandy, Susan B. Anthony struck a German mine while approaching "Omaha" Beach to land reinforcements. After an unsuccessful effort to contain flooding, she was abandoned and, within a few hours, sank. No lives were lost in her sinking.