The Andrea Doria sank just south of Nantucket on July 26, 1956. While 51 people were killed in the collision, more than 1,600 ...
Known as the Mount Everest of shipwrecks, the Andrea Doria still tempts divers with treasures as its collapsing hull ...
Considered the worst maritime accident in U.S. waters, now it is a scuba diver's dream dive.
"It's so important to keep the memory alive," says Pierette Domenica Simpson. "it's a historical event that should never be ...
It was neither the fastest nor the largest, but it aspired to be the most beautiful ship. A symbol of Italy’s resurgence ...
It happened July 25, 1956. In the thick fog off the coast of Nantucket, the Swedish cruise liner M.S. Stockholm struck the Italian liner Andrea Doria, sending the ship into the depths. For decades, ...
The impact of a collision killed 46 passengers of the Andrea Doria in their cabins, historians say. The ship sank 11 hours later after the rest of the passengers were rescued. Photo courtesy of ...
SS Andrea Doria was one of Italy’s most famous ocean liners, built as a symbol of beauty, speed, and postwar pride. But in 1956, thick fog turned its Atlantic crossing into a disaster when it collided ...
LOCATION IN SOUTH OF NANTUCKET, TRAVELING IN EERILY SIMILAR CONDITIONS, THE SS ANDREA DORIA, AN ITALIAN LUXURY OCEAN LINER, WAS STRUCK BY THE MS. STOCKHOLM. NOW AS ...