Escaping damage during aerial attacks on the 8th, the tug arrived in the vicinity of the US lowering position soon after D-day, 9 September, began.
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Although the landing ships of the assault forces approached Sicily in a brilliant waxing moon, which would not set until the vessels had stopped in their lowering positions, the LCAs made their approach to the coast in darkness.
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This location ( known as a " transport area " in a US Navy task force, or " lowering position " in a Royal Navy task force ) was approximately 6 11 miles off shore ( 11 miles was amphibious doctrine for the USN by mid-war, while the RN tended to accept the risks associated with drawing nearer the shore ).
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