Service History
Sailing from New Orleans 5 August 1945, Dorchester embarked troops at Pearl Harbor, then sailed to deliver cargo and receive more passengers at Eniwetok and Guam as she made her passage to Japan. On 15 October she reported for service as barracks ship at Wakayama and at Kobe from 11 February 1946 to 4 March. Dorchester then sailed for San Francisco, California, arriving 9 April.
She was placed out of commission in reserve at Vancouver, Washington on 16 October 1946. Dorchester remained in the reserve fleet until she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1973. She was sold on 1 August 1974 for conversion to commercial service. She was converted to a fish processing vessel under the name Pacific Pride. By 2002, she was owned by Trident Seafoods of Seattle, Washington, and was operating under the name Alaska Packer. She is still on their fleet listing as of February 2008.
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