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SS Dorchester

SS Dorchester
History
NameDorchester
NamesakeDorchester, Boston
OperatorMerchants and Miners Transportation Company
RouteMiami–Boston
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Yard number289
Laid downSeptember 10, 1925[1]
LaunchedMarch 20, 1926[1]
AcquiredDelivered July 17, 1926.[2]
NameSS Dorchester (troop transport)
OwnerControl: War Shipping Administration
OperatorAtlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines (Agwilines)
AcquiredJanuary 24, 1942
FateTorpedoed and sunk by U-223, February 3, 1943
General characteristics
TypePassenger ship / Troopship
Tonnage5,649 gross register tons (GRT)[3]
Length368 ft (112 m)[3]
Beam52 ft (16 m)[3]
Draft19 ft (5.8 m)[3]
PropulsionTriple expansion engine[3]
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[3]
Capacity
  • SS Dorchester : 314 passengers
  • as troop ship Dorchester : 751 troops
Complement
Armament

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.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PMR5-26 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PMR8-26 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e f "S.S. Dorchester Memorial Marker". hmdb.org. Retrieved September 7, 2010.

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