Andrea Doria - Ships

Ships

Several ships were named in honour of the Admiral:

  • Two United States Navy ships named USS Andrew Doria (1775 and 1908).
  • The battleship Andrea Doria, completed in 1891, which served in the late 19th and early 20th century, was stricken in 1911, and served as the floating battery GR104 during World War I before being scrapped in 1929.
  • The battleship Andrea Doria, completed in 1916, which served in both World War I and World War II and was stricken in 1956.
  • The passenger liner SS Andrea Doria, which was launched in 1951, had her maiden voyage in 1953 and sank in 1956.
  • The Italian missile cruiser Andrea Doria, built in 1964 and decommissioned in 1991.
  • The Italian Horizon-class frigate Andrea Doria, commissioned in 2007.

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