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SS Andrea Doria
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SS Andrea Doria
The S.S. Andrea Doria
Career Flag of Italy
Owners: Italian Line
Built: by Ansaldo ****pyards of Genoa, Italy
Launched: June 16, 1951
Maiden voyage: January 14, 1953
Fate: Capsized and sank on July 25, 1956 after colliding with the SS
Stockholm
General Characteristics
Tonnage: 29,083 gross tons
Length: 700 feet (213.8 m)
Beam: 90 feet (27.5 m)
Power: Steam turbines
Propulsion: Twin screws
Speed: 23 knots
Passenger Capacity: 1,221
The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società
di navigazione Italia) home ****ted in Genoa, Italy. Named after the
16th century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the Andrea Doria had a
gross tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about 1,200 passengers and
500 crew. For a country attempting to rebuild its economy and
reputation after World War II, the Andrea Doria was an icon of Italian
national pride. Of all Italy's ****ps at the time, Andrea Doria was the
largest, fastest and supposedly safest. Launched on June 16, 1951, the
****p undertook its maiden voyage on January 14, 1953.
On July 25, 1956, approaching the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts
bound for New York City, the Andrea Doria collided with the
eastward-bound SS Stockholm of the Swedish-American Line in what
became one of history's most famous maritime disasters. Struck in the
side, the Andrea Doria immediately started to list severely to
starboard, which left half of her lifeboats unusable. The consequent
shortage of lifeboats might have resulted in significant loss of life,
but improvements in communications and rapid responses by other ****ps
averted a disaster similar in scale to the Titanic disaster of 1912.
All passengers and crew (1660 people) were rescued and survived, while
46 people died as a consequence of the collision.[1] The evacuated
luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning.
The incident and its aftermath were heavily covered by the news media.
While the rescue efforts were both successful and commendable, the
cause of the collision and the loss of the Andrea Doria afterward
generated much interest in the media and many lawsuits. Largely
because of an out-of-court settlement agreement between the two
****pping companies during hearings immediately after the disaster, no
resolution of the cause(s) was ever formally accomplished. Although
the majority of blame appeared initially to fall to the Italian liner,
more recent discoveries have indicated a likelihood that a misreading
of radar on the Swedish ****p may have initiated the collision course
which lead to some errors on both ****ps which resulted in the
disaster.
The Andrea Doria was the last major transatlantic passenger vessel to
sink before aircraft became the preferred method of travel.
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:49:21 -0400, "R.Glueck" <glueck@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>July 27th, 2006. Today, at 10:10AM, in the shallow waters off the coast
of
>Massachusetts, the Italian Lines flag****p "Andrea Doria", fell a paltry
250
>feet to the seabed, taking with it, 51 hapless souls.
>I just thought someone should say something about it.
>
>
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