sentences:  SS "Empire Javelin" was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California as the "Cape Lobos", and transferred under the terms of lend lease on completion in January 1944.She was bareboat chartered by the War Shipping Administration to the Ministry of War Transport and managed by Blue Star Line.The ship sailed from Portland Harbour anchorage on 5 June 1944, destined for Dog Green Omaha Beach, Normandy, after embarking troops of the 1st Battalion 116th Infantry regiment of US 29th Division by landing craft from Weymouth, Dorset.