[Vessel Name Unknown]

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11/7/1944

On November 7, 1944, a small lobster boat ran afoul of a tow rope of an unidentified barge, knocking Melbourne S. Dorr into the water. Dorr and John McKay, skipper of the lobster boat, had been on an errand of mercy, sailing fom Cuttyhunk to New Bedford to bring an ill George Haskell, 79, to the hospital.

Following the accident, the Coast Guard commenced a search for Mr. Dorr and, later, for Mr. Dorr's body, but it was not recovered until August 21, 1945, when it was discovered on Peniske Island by Roy Walls, a fisherman from Fairhaven. 

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Melbourne Dorr 48
  • Trade Indicator: Fishery lobster
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