DORCHESTER
Year Built
1926
Official Number
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Shipyard
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
General Type
Passenger
Specific Type
Other Passenger
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
368.00 feet
Beam
52.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
3556.00 tons
Gross Tons
5649.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
242450.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
| Mission Name |
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| World War II |
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
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| Dorchester_7638_001.pdf |
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| Dorchester_7638_003.pdf |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
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| (No Date) | DORCHESTER.pdf |
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| 5/25/1943 | Historical | Dorchester_7638_001.pdf |
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| 9/12/1944 | Historical | Dorchester_7638_003.pdf |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Operator
Agwilines Inc.
Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
February 03, 1943
Use at Loss
Troop Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-223 while en route from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, to Narsarsuaq, Greenland, as part of Convoy SG-19.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Northwest Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
59° 22' N., 48° 42' W.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 150 miles west of Cape Farewell, Greenland
Lives Lost
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