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	USAT Dorchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USAT Dorchester was a United States Army Transport, sunk when part of a naval convoy during World War II.
		The damage was severe, and Dorchester sunk in under 15 minutes, taking about 600 men with her out of a total crew of 902.
		Dorchester is best remembered today for the story of the Four Chaplains who went down with her.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USAT_Dorchester (172 words)

	USS Dorchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Dorchester (APB-46), a Benewah-class barracks ship, was in commission for only a few months during the occupation of Japan after World War II.
		USAT Dorchester was famous for the Four Chaplains.
		Referring to that United States Army Transport as "USS Dorchester" is incorrect; she was never commissioned into the United States Navy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Dorchester (172 words)

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		USS Buffalo (1813, 1892, CL-84, CL-99, CL-110, SSN-715)
		USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, 1874, CV-6, CVN-65)
		USS Saratoga (1777, 1814, 1842, CC-3, CV-3, CVA-60)
	www.askmytutor.co.uk /l/li/list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.html (433 words)

	USS Dorchester
		The first Dorchester, sailing vessel, served in the 5th Naval District during 1917-18.
		The second Dorchester (APB-46) was launched 12 April 1946 by Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, Ind. sponsored by Mrs.
		Sailing from New Orleans 6 August 1946, Dorchester embarked troops at Pearl Harbor, then sailed to deliver cargo and receive more passengers at Eniwetok and Guam as she made her passage to Japan.
	www.multied.com /navy/MISC/Dorchester.html (125 words)

	Galveston Cadet Ship Heads To Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Chapel of Four Chaplains, host of the Philadelphia ceremonies, was created after four chaplains serving on the USS Dorchester in World War II died when a German U-Boat shot and sank the ship.
		As the Dorchester went down, the chaplains were seen standing in a circle with arms linked, singing hymns.
		In a service aboard the USS New Jersey, the chapel gave four gold medallion awards to honor those who "have selflessly given of themselves for the benefit of others." The Tuskegee airmen received one of the awards.
	www.tamu.edu /univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/02/061402-5.html (435 words)

	The History Place - Four Chaplains
		In February of 1943, the U.S. Army transport ship, Dorchester, full to capacity, was carrying 751 passengers, 130 crew members and 23 naval personnel on its journey from Newfoundland to an American military base in Greenland.
		The Dorchester was one of three transports in a small convoy, accompanied by three U.S. Coast Guard cutters.
		Seas were rough and the Dorchester rode the waves poorly, dipping and swaying, bouncing and trembling as it plowed along through the winter flness.
	www.historyplace.com /specials/heroes/four-chaplains.htm (2851 words)

	Clergy Appreciation
		On February 3, 1943, the USS Dorchester would become another statistic in the 'ships-lost-at-sea' column.
		The Dorchester sank beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic, carrying with it the four chaplains and some 675 servicemen.
		It is this moment in which Civitans annually pause to remember, and in so doing, also pause to say thank you to the clergy of their communities.
	www.civitan.org /html/clergy_appreciation.html (632 words)

	Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA USA
		Dorchester parade committee member Jimmy McCarron, center, presents a special plaque of Boston Police patches to USS Cape St. George Commanding Officer John Yoke, left, and Executive Officer Lt. Cmdr John Wade, right.
		The USS Cape St. George, a missile cruiser that fired the first Tomahawk warheads into Iraq in March 2003, docked at the Black Falcon Cruise terminal in South Boston, but the officers and crew spent much of their four days in town in the company of Dorchesterites.
		The reception was held on the landing deck of the cruiser, typically reserved for helipcopters, but festooned instead with nautical flags and platters of baby shrimp and codcakes for hungry parade officials.
	www.dotnews.com /guestsofhonoropenship.html (404 words)

	"Newsletter and Collection information from The Museum of American Jewish Military History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lieutenant Goode was a rabbi with the Chaplains Corps, serving on the USS Dorchester in the North Atlantic in February 1943.
		During the night of February 3rd, the Dorchester was traveling in a convoy off the coast of Greenland when it was hit by a torpedo fired by a German submarine.
		Over 230 sailors were saved from the Dorchester, but 700, including the chaplains, perished with the ship.
	www.nmajmh.org /supplies/cat28.html (735 words)

	"Kingdom Business" - god online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the early morning of February 3 the USS Dorchester a converted luxury coastal liner into a troop carrier was 150 miles from Greenland with 900 sailors, soldiers and civilian workers...
		Silently the Dorchester and five other ships were making their way to Greenland.
		The four Chaplains on the Dorchester --- their story --- their bravery and love for their fellowmen has survived in stain glass windows at the West Point Chapel, in the Pentagon and the Chapel at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
	www.godonline.co.za /Article9264.html (629 words)

	US War Heroes World War II U.S. History The USS Dorchester Vermont Chaplains
		Chaplains remembered for acts of bravery during World War II Vermont is a State as rich in heritage as it is in natural beauty.
		This church in the little hamlet of East Concord Vermont was the parish of the Reverend George Fox, remembered now as one of the four Dorchester Chaplains who gave his life so that others might live.
		One of them, the USS Dorchester, was hit mid section and quickly started to sink.
	www.vtliving.com /immortalchaplains/index.shtml (417 words)

	AETC News Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The four received their Air Force Chaplain of the Year awards in Washington, D.C. The awards are given in honor of four World War II chaplains who gave away their lifejackets when the USS Dorchester was torpedoed by a German submarine, killing 672 Americans.
		After the Dorchester left port and was at sea, German submarines began to track the zigzagging ship as it traveled along the North Atlantic toward Greenland.
		At the Dorchester’s attempt to make a left turn, the German submarine launched a single torpedo hitting the refrigeration system and flooding the deck with ammonia.
	www.aetc.randolph.af.mil /pa/aetcns/Feb2003/021803057.htm (680 words)

	Reunion Hall - WWII
		I was on the USS ALLENTOWN (PATROL FRIGATE) in the pacific during WW2.
		O.C. Stratton served on the ak95 uss murzim in 44, 45, and 46.
		I served on the USS Hutchinson (Plank Owner) from 3/3/44 to 1/13/46, in the South Pacific.
	www.fredsplace.org /reunion/sg/0005.shtml (7990 words)

	WorldSecurityNetwork.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Most American chaplains are familiar with the story of the USS Dorchester, but I am going to retell it to you today anyway because the heroic actions of those four military chaplains should be an inspiration to us all.
		At about 1 a.m., the USS Dorchester, a troop transport with over 900 service members aboard on it way to Greenland, was hit by a torpedo fired by a German submarine and was sinking in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.
		Although many of you knew the story of the heroic chaplains aboard the USS Dorchester, what you probably do not know is the sacrifice made by one Charles W. David, an enlisted man serving on one of the escorting Coast Guard cutters.
	www.worldsecuritynetwork.com /showArticle3.cfm?Article_ID=11044 (3376 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - Dorchester (Steam passenger ship)
		The Dorchester (Master Hans Jorgen Danielson) was struck on the starboard side in the machinery spaces.
		Six blasts from the whistle indicated to the rest of the convoy that the Dorchester was hit.
		Her complement of seven officers, 123 crewmen, 23 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in and four 20mm guns) and 751 troops and passengers began to abandon ship three minutes after the hit.
	uboat.net /allies/merchants/2616.html (478 words)

	Supporting Greenland - USS Laramie (AO-16)
		Arthur Altvater's USS Laramie memories at Slowbell (Story of the torpedoing of Laramie and burial at sea)
		USS Laramie set out from ports such as these with fuel and stores for Greenland.
		SS Dorchester's Call Sign Reissued - Army transport USAT Dorchester was the ship on which the four Chaplains gave their life preservers to men and went down with the ship.
	adams.patriot.net /~eastlnd2/rj/alt/sg/greenland.htm (1238 words)

	Blaise, also The Chaplains of the Uss Dorchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With Blaise we may remember the chaplains of the Uss Dorchester, which sank 3 February 1943.
		Clark Poling, the youngest, was a Congregationalist minister, and had served as the Youth Minister of a congregation while in seminary.
		When the United States entered World War II, they became Army chaplains, and in January of 1943 they sailed with 900 troops on the Uss Dorchester, bound for Europe.
	www.missionstclare.com /english/people/feb3b.html (511 words)

	African American Registry: Charles David, hero of the USS Dorchester
		On this date in 1943, Charles W. David of the USS* Dorchester gave his life for his country.
		At a time when segregation was still practiced in the armed forces, he bravely set out to save lives.
		Ammonia and oil were everywhere in the fast-sinking vessel and upon the freezing sea.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1385/Charles_David_hero_of_the_USS_Dorchester (175 words)

	The Warren: February 2005
		The story of the USS Houston was not fully told until after the war was over and her survivors were liberated from prison camps.
		In October of 1803, the USS Philadelphia ran aground and was forced to surrender to the city-state of Tripoli.
		The Four Chaplains of the Dorchester, George L. Fox, a Methodist minister; Alexander D. Goode, a Jewish rabbi; Clark V. Poling, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and John P. Washington, a Roman Catholic priest were crossing the Atlantic ocean on the USS Dorchester with troops for the war effort in Europe.
	thewarrenat.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_thewarrenat_archive.html (10966 words)

	Joining the War at Sea - Table of Contents
		The book is viewed through the eyes of a young Gunnery Officer, Franklyn Dailey, aboard the USS Edison DD439.
		A tale of destroyer life at sea from the perspective of the USS Edison DD439 and her Gunnery Officer,Franklyn Dailey Jr.
		Also, responding from a later generation, were a U.S. Marine, two U.S. Army tank soldiers, and the destroyer USS Dyess.
	www.geocities.com /bensonclass/edisonmen.html (604 words)

	Featured Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Many consider the sinking of the troop ship USS Dorchester off the coast of Greenland in February 1943 as the worst sea disaster of World War II.
		Despite their initial disappointment at being assigned to duty at an air base in Greenland, they found themselves busy on the trip there as they helped the troops of the Dorchester cope with the seasickness, boredom and fear that was inherent once they entered the dangerous waters of the North Atlantic.
		He also provides a gripping and chilling narrative of the final minutes of the Dorchester and the tortuous ordeal of its survivors and rescuers.
	www.jewishtimes.com /scripts/edition.pl?SubSectionID=2&now=1/28/05&ID=336 (435 words)

	Dorchester Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Visit the USS Dorchester Monument located in the Dorchester Park.
		The four chaplains were aboard the U.S.S. Dorchester when the ship was hit by a torpedo.
		The four chaplains helped men into lifeboats and distributed life jackets, giving up their own as well.
	www.clark-cty-wi.org /DorchesterMonument.htm (90 words)

	Hernando: Chaplains' sacrifice recalled
		SPRING HILL -- As the USS Dorchester steamed north toward Greenland through a stretch of water known as Torpedo Junction, its 900 crew members knew they were in constant danger from German U-boats.
		The tragic story of the Dorchester became famous for the selflessness of four chaplains -- all of different faiths -- who gave up their life jackets so that others might live.
		The more than 300 people gathered for the service heard stories of how the four chaplains, who were among the 672 killed, linked arms and prayed together as the Dorchester sank.
	sptimes.com /2003/02/03/news_pf/Hernando/Chaplains__sacrifice_.shtml (359 words)

	USS Ramage Pays Tribute to Boston: Warmly Welcomed Back (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As part of this port visit, the crew was scheduled to march in the historic Dorchester Day Parade.
		True to the ship’s motto of “Par Excellence,” the officers and crew of Ramage displayed their professionalism and dedication to duty to many throughout this proud military neighborhood.
		Boarding a van from Boston Harbor, Ramage Commanding Officer Cmdr. Randall M. Hendrickson and the ship’s honor guard traveled to Dorchester to participate in a mass at St. Gregory Catholic Church, where they laid a wreath at a nearby veteran’s memorial.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=7872 (361 words)

	Post Chapel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The windows (by Rambusch) are designed to harmonize with the architecture and tell part of the history of religion in America.
		Among the interesting themes are "The Four Chaplains" depicting the loss of the USS Dorchester in World War II where four US Army Chaplains gave their places in life boats that others might be saved.
		The pipe organ, by Aeolian-Skinner, was donated to the Academy by NBC in 1950 and rebuilt as a church organ.
	www.usma.edu /Chaplain/postchapel.htm (146 words)

	Boston, Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The city is divided into many neighborhoods, including: Allston, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Fenway/Kenmore, the North End, Hyde Park, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, the South End, Chinatown, Bay Village and West Roxbury.
		Roxbury and Mattapan, located south of downtown, are populated largely by African Americans and Hispanics, as well as middle-class families priced out of more expensive neighborhoods.
		Dorchester is probably the most diverse Boston neighborhood being populated with every ethnic group.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Boston,-Massachusetts.htm (3927 words)

	2005-02-03-four-chaplains
		Platts on Feb. 1 related on the floor of the House of Representatives that the Dorchester "was torpedoed in the icy waters off the coast of Greenland.
		Many of the survivors recounted the story of the heroic actions of four chaplains of different faiths: A Jewish rabbi, Lieutenant Alexander Goode, from York, Pennsylvania, my hometown; a Catholic priest, Lieutenant John Washington; and two Protestant ministers, Lieutenants George Fox and Clark Poling.
		When there were no more life jackets to hand out, the chaplains removed their own and gave them to four shipmates.
	www.jewishsightseeing.com /dhh_weblog/2005-blog/2005-02-blog/2005-02-03-four_chaplains_62nd.htm (231 words)

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	www.newszap.com
		Listening to these men talk about Cambridge, about Dorchester County, and the immense influence the sailing craft had on the people who lived here, one can begin to understand the importance of preserving this heritage.
		Later, at the commencement of World War I, the vessel was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as the USS Dorchester.
		In addition to collecting and displaying marine artifact and examples of local boat works, the museum's interest is to locate, preserve and restore boats built in Cambridge and Dorchester by some of the well-known boat builders of the past.
	newszap.com /articles/2004/03/21/dm/eastern_shore_of_maryland/db03.txt (1073 words)

	From Snappy Sacrifice at Sea owisinfo The Story of Four Selfless WWII Chaplains Captured on Film (ARA) - While not ...
		The Story of Four Selfless WWII Chaplains Captured on Film (ARA) - While not universally known, the selfless story of four chaplains who gave their life vests to others during the sinking of the USS Dorchester is familiar to many in the United States.
		(ARA) - While not universally known, the selfless story of four chaplains who gave their life vests to others during the sinking of the USS Dorchester is familiar to many in the United States.
		It was unusual for four chaplains to be located on the same ship, and Riley noted that the quartet worked together throughout the Dorchester's voyage; even conducting joint worship services.
	www.snappyquick.com /information/Sacrifice_at_Sea_7246_0_information.html (723 words)

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