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Sinking of the Dorothy B. Barrett Bath schooner sunk by German U-boat off Cape May
Contributed by Kathy Jensen myMaineToday.com 2007-03-09


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The Dorothy Barrett in flames

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The Dorothy Barrett sinking

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A newspaper account of the sinking

Bath — My great-grandfather, Capt. William Merritt, and his two sons, Ray (my grandfather) and Sewall were on the Dorothy B. Barrett when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of New Jersey on August 14, 1918 at 10:00 a.m.

My great-grandafther was captain of about five other ships built here in Maine. The Carroll Deering was one of them. He was the captain of the Deering when it left Portland but took sick and got off the ship, along with his son, Sewall, in Delaware, on the last trip it made. A new Captain and first mate were called in to repalce them ... The Deering was found aground off the coast of North Carolina with no one on it.


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