This photograph of the port lifeboats being torn from the Andrea Doria by the sea was cited as the key picture in the sequence, which earned Trask the Pulitzer Prize.
… half a name left …
… gone from sight …
… Then Trask photographed the Stockholm leaving the scene: note the door, through which survivors had been taken aboard, is still open.
The Stockholm reached New York. Compare her bow now with that on the first page of photographs.
This and the spectacular picture on the next page of the listing Andrea Doria were taken at night from the deck of the Ile de France by vacationing Ken Gouldthorpe, then staff photographer for the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
He used an exposure of about two seconds on his 35mm. camera and hoped for the best because he had no flashbulb equipment with him.
Second Officer Lars Enestrom views the smashed bow in drydock at the Bethlehem Steel Company Shipbuilding Division in Brooklyn, NY. Repairs cost $1,000,000.
The bottom deck of the Andrea Doria: water flowed through the tunnel in the fuel tank compartment into the Generator Room. Watertight doors should have protected the Boiler Room and Engine Room from the direct flow of the sea.
Close-up of the five empty starboard tanks flooded by the collision and the tunnel leading to the Generator Room.
The course recorder graph of the Stockholm shows the lack of concentration of the helmsman, then the two starboard turns, the point of collision at 132° and the incredible swing directly afterwards. The pen line on the left margin tells what quadrant of the compass to read.
The graph of the Andrea Doria shows the approach to the Nantucket Lightship, a veering to the left, and then a hard left turn, but it does not show the point of collision. The zigzagging line above merely indicates the drifting of a ship out of control.
Norma Di Sandro, the youngest casualty of the night, one of five flown by helicopter from the Stockholm to Nantucket, here being transferred to an ambulance.
Only four of the five removed from the Stockholm survived to make the trip from Nantucket to Boston in this Coast Guard amphibian plane. Norma Di Sandro is in the stretcher on the floor. Three Stockholm crewmen are in the bunks.
Linda Morgan, the “miracle girl” who was catapulted from one ship to another, being comforted by her father who has his arm around the “man from Cadiz.”
Mayor Richardson Dilworth and Mrs. Dilworth, who bumped into a swinging door.
Hollywood actress Ruth Roman reunited at a pier with her son Dickie, whom she had lost while trying to board a lifeboat.
Mrs. Emma Ponzi, of Newark, NJ, reunited with her son Antonio, one of two who survived where 26 died in the collision section of C-Deck.
Captain Calamai, some twenty-four hours after the collision, being escorted ashore at the Brooklyn Army Base in New York.
A diagram of the Stockholm bow, at its deepest penetration, superimposed on the Andrea Doria at the approximate place it struck.
The names of the rescue ships Pvt. William H. Thomas, Ile de France, and Cape Ann will be perpetuated in American merchant marine history as “Gallant Ships.” Louis S. Rothschild, Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation (on left) presented the awards to Captain Shea of the Thomas, Captain de Beaudean of the Ile de France and Captain Boyd of the Cape Ann, and a letter of commendation to Captain Blanc of the Robert E. Hopkins (standing left to right).
Index
Andrea Doria Officers:
Calamai, Captain Piero, 13–17, 23–54, 62, 79, 96–7, 103–6, 134, 163–5, 177, 209, 213–4, 220–4, 228, 243, 248–9, 273–86, 303
Magagnini, Staff Captain Osvaldo, 65–70, 103–5, 158–60, 220–4, 228
Oneto, First Officer Luigi, 62, 103, 221
Kirn, First Officer Carlo, 103, 221
Franchini, Secondo Officer Curzio, 61–9, 74–9, 96, 106–7, 134, 160, 284, 286–8
Badano, Second Officer Guido, 62, 103–7, 186–7, 213–4, 229, 276, 292
Giannini, Third Officer Eugenio, 61–79, 96, 106–7, 134, 165, 208–10, 221
Donato, Third Officer Antonio, 107, 221
Tortori Donati, Dr. Bruno, 117–20, 162, 166–9, 206–8, 220, 229
Chiappori, Chief Engineer Alcisio, 99, 101–2, 164–5, 213
Mondini, First Engineer Giuseppe, 98
Giannini, Dr. Lorenzo, 117, 168–9, 206–8, 220
Natta, Monsignor Sebastian, 121, 197, 223
Andrea Doria Crew:
Balzano, Cabin Boy Gaetano, 118
Bertini, Purser Emilio, 116, 160, 330
Bonivento, Purser Adolfo, 116
Bussi, Radioman Carlo, 107
Conte, Cadet John, 221
Coretti, Chief Nurse Antonia, 118–9, 166–8
Domenchini, Helmsman Carlo, 66
Guidi, Chief Radioman Francesco, 107
Ingianni, Chief Purser Franchesco, 116
Marraci, Cadet Mario, 221, 276
Pirelli, Cadet Giuliano, 203
Rovelli, Steward Giovanni, 161, 166–9, 207, 219–20
Spina, Fireman Fortunato, 203
Visciano, Helmsman Giulio, 74, 77
Andrea Doria Passengers:
Ansuini, Melanie, 195
Barton, Gay, 204
Boyer, Mr. and Mrs. Marion, 109–10
Carlin, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G., 110, 151–3
Carola, Margaret, 120, 166
Carola, Rosa, 117–20, 162, 207
Cianfarra, Mr. and Mrs. Camille, 112–5, 161, 166–9, 207
Joan, 113, 150
Linda (see Morgan)
Clergy, 161, 197, 220
Covina, Christina, 120, 166
D’Elia, Mr. and Mrs. Giovanni, 196
Dilworth, Mayor and Mrs., 111
Di Sandro, Norma, 190, 245
Mr. and Mrs. Tulio, 190
Dooner, Mrs. Liliana, 130, 195
Dorneich, Klaus, 195
Fornaro, Mrs. Josephine, 128
Fusco, Franco, 124
Grassier, Christine, 171–181
Grubenman, Jack, 125–6
Grubenman, Mr. and Mrs. Don, 126
Hall, Richard (Roman), 123, 203–4
Hendler, Sylvan, 171–181
Hill, Ellis and family, 128
Hudson, Robert, 118, 166, 222–3
Iazzetta, Mr. and Mrs. Benvenuto, 120, 166
Keil, Morris and family, 204
Krendell, George, 171–181
La Flamme, Theresa, 125
Lilley, Marguerite, 171–181
Lombardi, Antonio, 122
Maggio, Joseph, 195
Merlin, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth, 111
Morgan, Linda, 113, 149–52, 233
Morgan, Edward P., 113
Novik, Morris, 123
Onder, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, 117, 119–20, 208
Parker, Edward, 121
Passante, Mr. and Mrs. Max, 115, 218
Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Thure, 111–5, 161–2, 166–69, 213, 219–20
Pomilio, Giuseppe, 196
Ponzi, Antonio, 122
Rabovsky, Mr. and Mrs. Istvan, 112
Reinert, Jerome, 206
Roman, Ruth, 123, 203–4
Sedja, Mratin Jr., 81
Sergio, Mr. and Mrs. Paul, 130–1
Sergio, Mrs. Ross and family, 131
Theriot, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand, 115
Peter, 115, 162–3, 204, 218–9
Vali, John, 195
Waite, Raymond, 161
Watres, Carl, 245
Wells, Mrs. Fanny, 127, 166
Stockholm Officers:
Nordenson, Captain H. Gunnar, 33–4, 38, 41, 44, 51, 58, 83–92, 145–6, 153, 185, 215–7, 230, 232, 249, 269–72, 303
Kallback, Chief Officer Herbert, 44, 86–7, 90–2, 146, 233, 241, 271
Enestrom, Second Officer Lars, 32–3, 86, 91, 153, 185, 188–9, 232
Abenius, Second Officer Sven, 86, 153, 185, 190
Carstens-Johannsen, Third Officer Ernst, 31–33, 37–60, 82–84, 86, 153, 185–6, 19
3–4, 254–268, 303
Assagren, Chief Engineer Gustav, 58, 85, 91
Bjorkegran, Third Engineer Edwin, 85
Svensson, Second Engineer Justra, 58, 85
Dawe, Chief Purser Curt, 88–9, 146–7, 151, 233
Nessling, Dr. Ake, 147–9, 217, 231
Stockholm Crew:
Ahlm, Sven, 148
Bjorkman, Ingemar G., 37, 41, 48, 50–2, 57, 258, 265
Claesson, Nurse Karin, 147–9
Eliasson, Chief Bosun Ivar, 233, 241
Falk, Lars, 148, 232
Garcia, Bernabe Polanco, 149–50
Gustavsson, Wilhelm, 148, 232
Hagstrom, John, 146
Hallik, Alexander, 58
Johansson, Alf, 149, 231
Johansson, Sten, 41, 46, 56, 264
Johansson, Radio Operator Sven Erik, 92
Jonasson, Kennth, 146
Larson, Helmsman Peter, 40–41, 45–60, 145, 258–9, 265
Mellgren, Chief Radio Operator Bengt, 92
Osterberg, Karl Elis, 148
Reinholdson, Radio Operator Ake, 93
Smedberg, Arne, 232
Steen, Sunne, 146
Trasbo, Valdemar, 152, 191
Stockholm Passengers:
Bruner, Miss Colleen, 43
Pettit, Dr. Horace, 59, 81–2
General:
Adams, Frank, 114
Aircraft, 137, 230–2
Ali, Giuseppe, 249
Allanet, Pierre, 141
Allen, destroyer escort, 237, 240, 242–3
Ambrose Lightship, 32, 36
American Export Line, 322
Andrea Doria
condition, underwater of, 323, 328–36
exploration, underwater of, 328–36
plans for raising, 323–8
pursers’, offices of, 328–30, 333
salvaging, 323–8
estimated cost of, 327
treasure, rumors of, 328–30, 336
value, estimated, 327
Art, 19–21
Augenti, Captain Bruno, 328
Awa Maru, 324
Azore Islands, 66
Barnett, John, 336
Beaudéan, Captain Raoul de, 139–48, 199–202, 216, 228
Blackthorn, 324–5
Blanc, Captain Réné, 139
Block Island, 32–33, 48
Bon Homme Richard, 324
Boyd, Captain Joseph A., 138, 187, 192
Brittany, France, 318
Brostrom Concern, 39, 280, 322
CBS, 334
Cannes, 24
Calamai, Mrs. Pierro, 235–6
Cape Ann, 137–8, 140–5, 165, 186–7, 192, 233, 243
Chinigo, Michael, 236
Claims, court, 329–30
Coast Guard, 134–6, 210, 217, 230, 316, 318
Campbell, 136, 245
Evergreen, 136, 211, 234, 238, 240, 242
hearings, 316
Hornbeam, 136, 237–8, 240–2, 245
Humboldt, 234
Legare, 136, 240–1
Owasco, 136, 240–1
Tamaroa, 136, 240–1
Yakutat, 136, 245
Yeaton, 245
Consolidated Edison (ConEd), 335
Constitution, 316
Conte Biancamano, 313
Course Recorder
Andrea Doria, 291–4
Stockholm, 265–6, 290–1
Cousteau, Jacques, 331
Cristiforo Colombo, 24, 322
Cunard Line, 321
Daikoku Maru, 318
Deep sea diving, 331
DeLucci, Chris, 333–4
Doria, Admiral Andrea, 22
Davis Shoal, 106
Duilio, 105
Erdman, Roger, 237
Failla, S. Charles, 137–8, 143, 186
Fog, 13, 14, 25–6, 28, 32, 61, 67, 133, 141, 154, 187, 200, 259–61
Fox, Joseph, 323
Fortune, 318
Gallo, Armando, 203
Galveston, Texas, 318
Genoa, 23, 24, 235
George Washington, 319–20
Gerard, Tim, 336
Gibraltar, 24
Gimbel, Peter, 323, 330–2, 334–6
Gino, 318
Grace Line, 314
Great Circle Route, 17
Greene, Raymond T., 262
Gripsholm, 303–4, 322
Guillou, Jean Pierre, 203
Haight, Charles S., 254–6, 262, 274–288
Hinrichs, Hans, 218, 227
Hopkins, Robert E., 139, 223, 233
Ile France, 139–44, 198–202, 217, 220, 227–8, 233, 322, 336
Independence, 322
International Conference for Safety of Life at Sea, 97, 142, 304–8, 317
Italian Line, 242, 244, 247, 249–50, 275, 280, 297, 325, 329
Jalanta, 316
Kelley, Sgt. Jonah E., 134, 234
Kingsville, 316
Kleinman, Larry, 335
Kungsholm, 322
La Belle, Captain James W., 316
Life magazine, 330–1
Lifeboats, 206–10, 222
Andrea Doria, 103–4, 155, 157–60, 175–181, 183–4, 203–4, 207, 215, 224, 239, 242, 245
Cape Ann, 187
Ile de France, 201–2, 217, 227
Stockholm, 154–5, 185–6, 188–94, 202, 232
Thomas, 188
Lionne, Norwegian freighter, 138
Lloyd’s of London, 247, 308–9
Log Books, 275–9
Loudspeakers
Andrea Doria, 103–5, 124, 170, 192
Stockholm, 154–6
Maersk, Laura, Danish freighter, 234
Matteson, Leonard T., 262, 268
Merchant, George, 332
Miya Maru, 318
Mona Lisa, 318
Monitor, 326
Morse, Denny, 332
“Mother,” 333–9
“The Mystery of the Andrea Doria,” 335
Nantucket Lightship, 16–7, 25, 32, 36, 42, 44–5, 48, 51, 66–8, 141, 312
Naples, 24
Nissho Maru, 319–20
Nordenson, Captain H. Gunnar, 312–18
Normandie, 327
Ocean Victory, 118
Parker, Lt. Harold W., 135–6
Pollack Rip Lightship, 46, 48
Preston, Third Officer Robert, 138
Pulitzer Prize, 247
Queen Elizabeth 2, 321
Radar, 304–6, 312–18
Andrea Doria, 62–73, 133, 186, 274–5, 284–7
schools, 316–7
Stockholm, 48–54, 255, 263–4
Ranger, 318
Rodocker, Don, 333–4
Rule, 317
Rules of the Road, 52–3, 66, 72, 257, 267, 305, 313, 317
Russian fishing ships, illegal, 333
Salvage, 323–8
Santa Rosa, 314–5
Saturation System, 332
Sepel, Lieutenant Commander George, 318
Settlement, 297, 301–2
Sharks, 332–4
Siwik, Captain Frank, 314–5
Special Masters in Court, 253
Speed in fog, 15–6, 25–29, 267, 270–1, 280
Stability
Andrea Doria, 97–103, 129, 164–5, 211–3, 238–42, 281–3, 298–300
Stockholm, 87, 90–92, 155
Suits, court, 250–2
Survivors, number of, 244–5
Swedish American Line, 35–6, 242, 247, 249–50, 297, 322
Tampa Bay, Florida, 318
Tarantia, British freighter, 234
Team Castor, 318
Todd, Radioman Robroy A., 135
Thomas, Pvt. William H., 139, 142, 165, 192, 221, 230, 233–4
Tracks, 18–9, 141
Trans-Atlantic Passenger Conference, 308–9
Tung, C. Y., 322
Underwood, Eugene, 254, 256–272, 274
United States, 322
U. S. District Court, 251, 328
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Valchem, 314–6
Walsh, Judge Lawrence E., 253–4, 265, 283, 285, 302
Xerox Corporation, 336
About the Author
Alvin Moscow worked as a journalist for the New York Times and the Associated Press, where he covered the court hearings that sought to determine the cause of the crash of two ocean liners, the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm—the subject of his critically acclaimed New York Times–bestselling book Collision Course. He has written and collaborated on fourteen other books, including The Rockefeller Inheritance, Merchants of Heroin, and autobiographies of Richard M. Nixon, Patricia Hearst, William S. Paley, and Harold Geneen. He currently lives in Nevada.
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