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The '''''Elizabeth C. Stanton'' class transport ship''' was a [[transport (ship)|transport]] class of the [[United States Navy]]<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Ship_s_Data_U_S_Naval_Vessels/icLozcrLyWEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Elizabeth%20C.%20Stanton&pg=PA7&printsec=frontcover |title=Ship's Data U.S. Naval Vessels |date=April 15, 1945 |publisher=United States Ships Bureau |edition=250-012 |series=Auxiliary, District Craft and Unclassified Vessels |volume=3 |location=Washington, DC |publication-date=1946 |pages=7, 212, 213, 214, 695, 740 |language=en |type=Book}}</ref> that originated just prior to the [[World War II|second World War]].  The class,  which contained only four ships, is named for [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]].  All of the vessels were named for important women in history, including: {{USS|Elizabeth C. Stanton|AP-69}}; {{USS|Florence Nightingale|AP-70}}; {{USS|Mary Lyon|AP-71}}; and {{USS|Anne Arundel|AP-76}}.

The Elizabeth C. Stanton transport ship USS ''Anne Arundel'' was used to transport troops in the [[D-Day]] actions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morgan |first=Martin |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Americans_on_D_Day/u0wgBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Elizabeth%20C.%20Stanton-class%20transport&pg=PA221&printsec=frontcover |title=The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion |date=2014-05-15 |publisher=Voyageur Press |isbn=978-0-7603-4620-4 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of U.S. military vessels named after women]]

== References ==
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