Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines (Agwilines)
Acquired
January 24, 1942
Fate
Torpedoed and sunk by U-223, February 3, 1943
General characteristics
Type
Passenger ship / Troopship
Tonnage
5,649 gross register tons (GRT)[3]
Length
368 ft (112 m)[3]
Beam
52 ft (16 m)[3]
Draft
19 ft (5.8 m)[3]
Propulsion
Reciprocating engines[3]
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[3]
Capacity
SS Dorchester : 314 passengers
as troop ship Dorchester : 751 troops
Complement
SS Dorchester : 90
as troop ship Dorchester : 130 + 23 Navy Armed Guards
Armament
as troop ship Dorchester :
1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
1 × 4"/50 caliber gun
4 × 20 mm guns
v
t
e
Atlantic campaign
Americas
United States
Caribbean
St. Lawrence
Northern Barrage
Blockade of Germany
Gibraltar
1939
River Plate
1940
HX 47
HX 49
1st Happy Time
HX 65
SC 2
HX 72
SC 7
HX 79
HX 84
Nordseetour
HX 90
1941
SC 19
SC 20
Berlin
HX 106
HG 53
OB 293
HX 112
4 April
OB 318
HX 126
Rheinübung
Denmark Strait
Bismarck
HX 133
OG 69
OG 71
SC 42
HG 73
SC 48
HX 156
HG 76
1942
Postmaster
2nd Happy Time
Torpedo Alley
SC 67
Neuland
ON 67
27 March
OG 82
ON 92
6 June
HG 84
SL 78
QS 15
ON 113
ON 115
SC 94
ON 122
Bell Island
QS 33
ON 127
Laconia
SQ 36
SC 100
SG 6/LN 6
SC 104
HX 212
SL 125
SC 107
ON 144
ON 153
ON 154
1943
TM 1
SG 19
SC 118
ON 166
UC 1
SC 121
HX 228
UGS 6
HX 229/SC 122
HX 231
Black May
ONS 5
HX 237
SC 129
SC 130
Faith
ONS 18/ON 202
SC 143
ONS 20/ON 206
Sept-Îles
ON 207
SL 138/MKS 28
SL 139/MKS 30
SL 140/MKS 31
Stonewall
Bay of Biscay
1944
Lyme Bay
26 April 1944
Capture of U-505
HX 300
WEP 3
BX 141
1945
Teardrop
Point Judith
5–6 May 1945
7–8 May 1945
Dorchester was a coastal passenger steamship requisitioned and operated by the
War Shipping Administration (WSA) in January 1942 for wartime use as a troop ship allocated to United States Army requirements. The ship was operated for WSA by its agent Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines (Agwilines). The ship was in convoy SG 19 from New York to Greenland transiting the Labrador Sea when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on February 3, 1943. The ship sank with loss of 674 of the 904 on board with one of the 230 survivors lost after rescue. The story of four Army chaplains, known as the "Four Chaplains" or the "Immortal Chaplains," who all gave away their life jackets to save others before they died, gained fame and led to many memorials.
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^ abcdef"S.S. Dorchester Memorial Marker". hmdb.org. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
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Maryland Dorchester County, South Carolina USS Dorchester, the name of several United States Navy ships SSDorchester, a War Shipping Administration troop transport...
July to October 1942 and served on the SSDorchester before its maiden voyage. A few months later, the SSDorchester was sunk during a submarine attack while...
The Dorchester Penitentiary (French: Pénitencier de Dorchester) is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick...
Distinguished Service Medal. February 3, 1943: Captain Preston Krecker of the SSDorchester went down with the ship after it was struck by a German U-boat. He was...
aircraft. USS Agamemnon HMT Aquitania SS Belgenland HMS Birkenhead SS Cap Arcona (1927) RMS Carmania SSDorchester HMT Dunera HMT Empire Windrush (ex MV...
the Titanic Four Chaplains – American military chaplains lost on the SSDorchester during World War II HMS Birkenhead (1845) – British troopship disaster...
Iceland. She had 8 survivors of the 59 men aboard. Also known as SSDorchester Heights. SS Esso Gettysburg sank on 10 June 1943 after being hit by a torpedo...
only been awarded to the famous Four Chaplains, all of whom died in the Dorchester sinking in 1943 after giving up their lifejackets to others. In 2006,...
save his shipmates on their torpedoed armed forces transport ship, the SSDorchester, during World War II; Fox and the other chaplains were honored posthumously...
Rev. John P. Washington who gave up his life jacket and died as the SSDorchester sank on February 3, 1943. After crossing over tracks carrying PATH's...
for overseas duty. On 3 February 1943 the torpedoing of the transport SSDorchester off the coast of Greenland saw cutters Comanche and Escanaba respond...
lives to save civilian and military personnel when the World War II-era SSDorchester sank on February 3, 1943. The complex includes Noah's Ark Pet Cemetery...
B (1990). Guadalcanal. Random House. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-394-58875-9. "Dorchester". Uboat.net. Retrieved December 7, 2010. Brown, David (1995). Warship...
ultimate geopolitical objectives of Nazi foreign policy. 1943 – The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive. 1944...
were underway for a Conwell memorial, a great tragedy occurred. The SSDorchester sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic on February 3, 1943. Poling’s...
History.com. A&E Television Networks. Retrieved 10 September 2020. "USS Bowfin (SS-287) – Patrol 6" Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. USS Bowfin Submarine...
Patrick Washington 18 July 1908 Newark, New Jersey 3 February 1943 aboard SSDorchester, at the Atlantic Ocean Diocesan Priest Newark Offer of Life 1944 Claude...
synagogue there for over 50 years. During the torpedoing and sinking of the SSDorchester in 1943, four American military chaplains, including a Jewish chaplain...
"Immortal Chaplains" or the "Dorchester Chaplains", who died rescuing civilian and military personnel as the troopship SSDorchester sank on February 3, 1943...
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