AH-WR-1621

Dixie Sword

Coastal Freighter · Lost 1942 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

She foundered near Monomoy on 12 February 1942.

Become Captain of Record

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Dixie Sword was built at Newark in 1919. She foundered near Monomoy on 12 February 1942. BUAR attributes her loss to storm flooding, not a confirmed torpedo attack.

Vessel

Built: 1919
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam turbine, propeller
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: February 12, 1942
Cause: Storm
Location: Butler Hole, Monomoy
Water: Nantucket Sound
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Butler Hole, Monomoy
Region: Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

No verified wreck position adopted from the sources reviewed.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)

Present condition, precise position and casualty figures are not established here.

Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
Vessel identity, type, loss date or year, and named loss locality.