S.S. Dorchester Memorial
The Ship
Built 1926
Statistics:
Length overall · 368'
Beam · 52'
Draft · 19'
Gross tons · 5,649
Speed (knots) · 12
Radius (miles) · 5,500
Propulsion · Recip. eng.
Passengers · 788
Cargo (cu. ft.) · 187,250
Jan. 24, 1942 Became U.S. Warship USAT
Jan. 22, 1943 Departed N.Y. to Greenland (6th trip)
Feb. 3, 1943 Torpedoed in the North Atlantic (by U-223)
Lat. 59° 23' N Long. 48° 42' W
The Men
[number On Board, Saved, Lost]
Officers, USA · 15 4 11
Enlisted men, USA · 525 132 393
U.S. Navy gun crew · 24 10 14
Coast Guard · 33 7 26
Enlisted men, USN · 2 2 0
Civilians (War Dept.) · 155 44 111
Danish Citizens · 16 3 13
Ship's Crew · 132 28 104
[totals]
On Board 902 · Saved 230 · Lost 672
Including the Immortal Chaplains:
the linked brothers of the faith
greatest loss of life to that
time in WWII of a ship at sea.
Marker can be reached from Park Drive 0.4 miles south of Center Avenue (County Highway A), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
