 On 16 November 1945 "Argentina" arrived in New York from Le Havre carrying 4,206 soldiers, 130 civilians, 124 nurses and 88 German scientists.The OSS had brought the scientists to the USA under Operation Paperclip to obtain German scientific and technical secrets.In an attempt to maintain secrecy the soldiers, civilians and nurses were kept on board while the scientists were disembarked and whisked away in a small fleet of waiting buses.