Call sign

Name

Built

Service

Owner

WOBO

Dorchester

1926

1942-1943

Merchants and Miners Transportation Company

5 trips to Greenland bases.
Part of convoy: GS2, SG12 and GS16

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.