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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