Collision Course: The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01NAEXIFO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 259 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
On the foggy night of July 25, 1956, 53 miles southeast of Nantucket, the Stockholm sliced through the Doria's steel hull. Moscow delivers a fact-filled, fascinating drama of how a supposedly unsinkable ship ended up at the bottom of the sea.. Associated Press journalist Alvin Moscow recounts the heroic, rapid response of other ships - which averted a catastrophe of the same scale as that of the Titanic - and the official inquest. Within minutes, the sea was pouring into the Italian liner. One of the largest, fastest, and most beautiful ships in the world, the Andrea Doria was en route to New York from Italy. Departing from the United States was the much smaller Stockholm. Eleven hours later, she capsized and sank into the ocean
Richard A Decker said First ClassRead it. No doubt about it. Perfectly written. Just enough engineering stuff and a nice section after about efforts to retrieve artifacts and discussions of raising the ship. The scuba stuff was good for people who never have dived and know little about it. For the experienced recreational diver such as myself who has been over 150 feet several time and down to "First ClassRead it" according to Richard A Decker. No doubt about it. Perfectly written. Just enough engineering stuff and a nice section after about efforts to retrieve artifacts and discussions of raising the ship. The scuba stuff was good for people who never have dived and know little about it. For the experienced recreational diver such as myself who has been over 150 feet several time and down to 200, I would differ about some of his comments. Still this is a top quality read. One thing I did not like about the Titanic is it had pagesand pagesand pagesand chapter about the structure of the vesseltoo muc. 00, I would differ about some of his comments. Still this is a top quality read. One thing I did not like about the Titanic is it had pagesand pagesand pagesand chapter about the structure of the vesseltoo muc. Well done Having been in ocean marine insurance at the time I was privy to much of the current information but was quite busy investigating another collision & sinking which occured a few days earlier.This book gathered all the then known facts, debunked the assumptions & cleared up the wonder about the swift settlement. Pressure to maintain schedules remains as a major contributing factor to accdents in many transport losses but one will never find direct orders to ignore good seamanship. Designs become more complicated to be competitive but crews are not always aware. M. Love said I did enjoy this book. This book was enlightening as the first part of the book described the errors in judgement both crews made as they were approached. The backgrounds and personalities of the captains were insightful as well. The second part of this book took me to court hearings ascertaining who was actually at fault. I did enjoy this book, however, the court hearings became rather monotonous. I honestly can't recommend this book to most readers. Perhaps those interested in ship history will enjoy the book.