A German U-boat sunk the USAT Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943, in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing 672 of the 902 servicemen, ...

The historic vessel "Vital de Oliveira" was positively identified more than a decade after an unsuspecting fisherman's net ...

During the panic of the disaster, the four chaplains organized evacuees, distributed life jackets from storage, and tended to ...

On July 19, 1944, a Nazi submarine torpedoed and sank the Vital de Oliveira, a Brazilian ship that transported troops ...

Isn’t it marvelous to go to places that somehow feel new? It’s hard to explain the novelty of newness, but brand-new cruise ships often inspire great anticipation. When you are among the first ...

Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat.

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...

Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress.

It was the largest loss of life during a ship convoy in World War II. Volunteers with the nonprofit Stories Behind the Stars have memorialized PA’s 75 victims of the Dorchester tragedy and have ...

Similarly to this ship, there are more than 500 World War II-era wrecks off the coast of Brazil. Similar sonar technology is being used more and more to identify such vessels.

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What do we know about the seized ship? Norwegian authorities said the vessel was the Norwegian-registered and Norwegian-owned ship Silver Dania. The ship was sailing between St. Petersburg and ...