USS Susan B. Anthony

	Susan B. Anthony at Oran, 5 July 1943
History
United States
Name	SS Santa Clara (1930–42); USS Susan B. Anthony (1942–44);
Namesake	Susan B. Anthony
Owner	Grace Steamship Company
Operator	Grace Steamship Co (1930–42); United States Navy (1942–44);
Port of registry	New York
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Launched	March 1930, as SS Santa Clara
Acquired	chartered 7 August 1942
Commissioned	7 September 1942, as USS Susan B. Anthony
Out of service	7 June 1944
Stricken	29 July 1944
Home port	New York
Identification	official number 229337; code letters MHRC (until 1933); ; Call sign WDMB (from 1934); ;
Honors and; awards	3 service stars (World War II)
Fate	mined 7 June 1944
General characteristics
Type	ocean liner (1930–42); transport ship (1942–44);
Tonnage	8,220 GRT; tonnage under deck 5,440; 8,825 NRT;
Displacement	16,000 long tons (16,257 t)
Length	504 ft 8 in (153.8 m) LOA; 483.3 ft (147.3 m);
Beam	63 ft 9 in (19.4 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m)
Depth	34.4 ft (10.5 m)
Installed power	2,660 NHP
Propulsion	turbo-electric transmission;; twin screw;
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement	158 officers and men
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal dual purpose gun; 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal anti-aircraft guns;

USS Susan B. Anthony (AP-72) was a turbo-electric ocean liner, of the Grace Steamship Company that was built in 1930 under the original name Santa Clara.

During World War II, Santa Clara was turned over to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 28 February 1942 to be operated by Grace Lines as a troop ship making voyages to the South Pacific. Later that year, the ship was repurposed for operation as a transport ship when it was chartered to the United States Navy, who renamed it after women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony. On 7 June 1944, the ship was sunk by a mine off the coast of Normandy while transporting troops on its way to Utah Beach as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord. All 2,689 people aboard were saved.