Item 5731 - Sinking of the schooner 'Dorothy B. Barrett', 1918
- Item 5731 - Sinking of the schooner 'Dorothy B. Barrett', 1918
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- Item 5731
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Image Info This photograph was taken by Sewall Merritt, 2nd Mate aboard the 'Dorothy B. Barrett'. Sewall was the son of Capt. William Merritt of South Portland, Maine.
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The Maine built 'Dorothy B. Barrett' was sunk by a German submarine U-117 off the coast of New Jersey on August 14, 1918. Sewall Merritt was in the ship's lifeboat.