USAT Dorchester
US Army Transport
USAT Dorchester in Kungnat Bay.
Call sign |
Name |
Built |
Service |
Owner |
WOBO |
Dorchester |
1926 |
1942-1943 |
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company |
5
trips to Greenland bases. 2. April - 15. April 1942: BW1 28. May - 30. May 1942: In Tunugdliarfik Fjord, arrive BW1 on 30 May 1942. (BW1, BW7, BW8)
13.
Aug. - 9. Sep. 1942: Ivigtut (BW7) USAT
Dorchester and SS Alcoa Pilot to Ikateq (BE2) on the
east coast escorted by
Northland (WPG-49), North
Star (WPG-59) and Comanche
(WPG-76), arrived on the 17. Aug. 1942. Left BE2 on 7. Sep. 1942
escorted by Comanche, arriving at BW1 on the 9. Sep 1942.
|
3. Feb. 1943: USAT Dorchester was sunk when part of convoy SG-19 from St. John's, Newfoundland, bound for the BW1 at Narsarssuaq. SG-19 consisted of six ships: USAT Dorchester, two merchant ships leased by the United States from the Norwegian government-in-exile, D/S Lutz, and D/S Biscaya. They were escorted by three USCG cutters: Comanche (WPG-76), Escanaba (WPG-77), and Tampa (WPG-48). On the night of 3 February 1943, the ship was torpedoed by U-223. The damage was severe, and Dorchester sunk in under 15 minutes, taking about 600 men with her out of a total crew of 902. |
Letter from Philadelphia
(19.1.1943) to Pvt. Angelo
Becerra
temporary APO 6612 assigned to the Dorchester transport.
Forwarded from Camp Myles Standish to APO 858.
Returned 16.6.1943 from War Department as addressee had
deceased.
Ship |
Postmark |
Date |
Sender |
Note |
External links: Dorchester files Part I and Part II
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