Ship That Sank the Andrea Doria returns to New York Renamed (NYT)
From The New York Times:
It happened 50 years ago. The image is an unforgetable one for those who lived through it. The badly-damaged SS Stockholm as it sailed into New York Harbor in 1956 after colliding with and sinking the Italian liner Andrea Doria on July 25 of that year. 51 died, hundreds had to be plucked out of the water, and the Stockholm became known as the "Ship of Death".
Fast forward to 2006. Here is the same ship but with a new name - now called the Athena, docked at Pier 90 along the Hudson River.
To read about the reaction to the re-arrival of the ship and its attempt at a makeover, see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/nyregion/23ship.html; By ALAN FEUER
Published: September 23, 2006
It happened 50 years ago. The image is an unforgetable one for those who lived through it. The badly-damaged SS Stockholm as it sailed into New York Harbor in 1956 after colliding with and sinking the Italian liner Andrea Doria on July 25 of that year. 51 died, hundreds had to be plucked out of the water, and the Stockholm became known as the "Ship of Death".
Fast forward to 2006. Here is the same ship but with a new name - now called the Athena, docked at Pier 90 along the Hudson River.
To read about the reaction to the re-arrival of the ship and its attempt at a makeover, see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/nyregion/23ship.html; By ALAN FEUER
Published: September 23, 2006
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