Rescuing Andrea Doria Survivors
While at sea in July 1956 she was ordered to the scene of the tragic collision of the liners SS Andrea Doria and SS Stockholm and rescued the captain and 76 of the Doria crew before she sank. Edward H. Allen continued her training duty until again placed out of commission in reserve 9 January 1958. On 1 July 1972 she was struck from the Navy list and, on 5 February 1974, she was sold for scrapping.
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Famous quotes containing the words rescuing and/or survivors:
“Thank you, my rescuer, if one can speak of rescuing where there is little danger.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don’t know how to handle their parents. They see that their parents are traumatized: they scream and don’t react normally.”
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