USS Dorchester
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Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Dorchester:
  • USS Dorchester (SP-1509)
    USS Dorchester (SP-1509)
    The first USS Dorchester was a schooner that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.Dorchester was a Chesapeake Bay "Bugeye"-type schooner built in 1893. The U.S. Navy acquired her from the Conservation Commission of Maryland on 24 August 1917 for World War I service...

    , a schooner in commission as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918, a barracks ship in commission from 1945 to 1946

See also

  • USAT Dorchester
    USAT Dorchester
    USAT Dorchester was a United States Army Transport ship that was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat on February 3, 1943, during World War II...

    , a United States Army Transport famous for the "Four Chaplains" incident
  • SS Dorchester, a civilian cruise ship converted for WWII wartime duty as a U.S. Army Transport ship, and renamed USAT Dorchester
    USAT Dorchester
    USAT Dorchester was a United States Army Transport ship that was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat on February 3, 1943, during World War II...

    .
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