Dorchester left New York harbor, bound for the Army Command Base at Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland. SG-19 consisted of six ships: SS Dorchester, two...
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1946 SS Dorchester, a War Shipping Administration troop transport famous for the "Four Chaplains" incident, converted from civilian cruise ship SS Dorchester...
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Maryland Dorchester County, South Carolina USS Dorchester, the name of several United States Navy ships SS Dorchester, a War Shipping Administration troop transport...
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Chaplains or the Dorchester Chaplains, were four chaplains who died rescuing civilian and military personnel as the American troop ship SS Dorchester sank on February...
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July to October 1942 and served on the SS Dorchester before its maiden voyage. A few months later, the SS Dorchester was sunk during a submarine attack while...
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USCGC Escanaba (WPG-77) (section SS Dorchester rescues)
February 1943, Escanaba participated in the rescue of the survivors of the SS Dorchester, which had been torpedoed by a German submarine. The rescue was marked...
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The Dorchester Penitentiary (French: Pénitencier de Dorchester) is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick...
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aircraft. USS Agamemnon HMT Aquitania SS Belgenland HMS Birkenhead SS Cap Arcona (1927) RMS Carmania SS Dorchester HMT Dunera HMT Empire Windrush (ex MV...
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the Battle of Makin. February 3, 1943: Captain Preston Krecker of the SS Dorchester went down with the ship after it was struck by a German U-boat. He was...
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the Titanic Four Chaplains – American military chaplains lost on the SS Dorchester during World War II HMS Birkenhead (1845) – British troopship disaster...
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