1953 Italian Cruise Ship MENU ANDREA DORIA like TITANIC
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You are bidding on 9-1/4" x 12-1/2" menu from ITALIA CRUISE LINES 1953 for the ANDREA DORIA. Condition is good with fish painted by Silvio Pollimi. See MANY, MANY other old menus also listed! The ship was only officially authorized to take on passengers in January 1953 and made its last run July 1925. We have taken this DIRECTLY from Wikipedia, the FREE Encyclopedia: " SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) home ported 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 ships at the time, Andrea Doria was the largest, fastest and supposedly safest. Launched on June 16 , 1951 , the ship 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 MS 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
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