(cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:5)(cid:4)(cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:13)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:11)(cid:10) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:15)(cid:14) (cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:18) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:18) (cid:2) Desperate Hours (cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:5)(cid:4)(cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:13)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:11)(cid:10) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:15)(cid:14) (cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:18) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:18) (cid:2)(cid:2) (cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:5)(cid:4)(cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1) (cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:9)(cid:13)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:11)(cid:10) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:15)(cid:14) (cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:18) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:18) (cid:2)(cid:2)(cid:2) Desperate Hours The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria Richard Goldstein John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2001 by Richard Goldstein. 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For more information about Wiley products, visit our web site at www.Wiley.com (cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:5)(cid:4)(cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:13)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:11)(cid:10) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:15)(cid:14) (cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:18) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:18) (cid:23) For Nancy (cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:5)(cid:4)(cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:13)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:11)(cid:10) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:15)(cid:14) (cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:18) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:18) (cid:2)(cid:23) (cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:5)(cid:4)(cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:1) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:13)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:11)(cid:10) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:15)(cid:14) (cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:18) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:18) (cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:23) Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I The Voyage 1 “Brace Yourself” 5 2 “A Floating Art Gallery” 8 3 “Take the Doria, You’ll Never Forget It” 16 4 “A Picture of Scandinavian Efficiency” 25 5 “The Times Square of the Atlantic” 29 6 “Each Shall Alter Her Course to Starboard” 35 Part II The Collision 7 “Why Doesn’t He Whistle?” 47 8 “I Think We Hit an Iceberg” 52 9 “Don’t Worry, There’s Nothing Wrong” 62 10 “Need Immediate Assistance” 74 Part III The Rescue 11 “This Is No Drill” 87 12 “How Many Lifeboats?” 94 13 “We Are Bending Too Much” 102 14 “Let’s Pray to St. Ann” 107 15 “We Won’t Leave You” 120 16 “Lady, You’re Lucky to Be Alive” 125 17 “Light Up Everything, Quickly” 131 18 “You Have to Have Courage” 140 vii (cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:5)(cid:4)(cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:1) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:13)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:11)(cid:10) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:15)(cid:14) (cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:18) (cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:18) (cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:23) viii Contents 19 “Get Your Cameras” 147 20 “Bulletin . . . 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Bulletin” 154 21 “You May Go, I’m Staying” 162 22 “Seaworthiness Nil” 167 23 “That Thing’s Going Down in Five Minutes” 174 24 “It Is Incomprehensible” 179 25 “How Good God Is to Me” 184 26 “Oh, What a Climax” 189 27 “It’s My Baby” 195 28 “I Lost My Love for Italians” 200 29 “This Is a Jumbled Story” 212 Part IV The Questions 30 “The Passengers Were Highly Excitable” 219 31 “It Could Have Been a Patch of Fog” 224 32 “The Stability of the Ship Was Low” 236 33 “I Could Have Changed Course” 240 Part V The Memories 34 “Why Did I Get Spared?” 251 35 “The Poor Man Was Destroyed” 264 Part VI The Shipwreck 36 “It’s Got the Mystique” 273 Appendix 281 Sources 283 Index 287 (cid:10)(cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:5)(cid:4)(cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:1) (cid:10)(cid:10)(cid:15)(cid:14)(cid:12)(cid:13)(cid:12)(cid:11) (cid:10)(cid:10)(cid:14)(cid:14)(cid:16)(cid:13) (cid:10)(cid:18)(cid:17) (cid:10)(cid:10)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:17) (cid:8)(cid:21) Acknowledgments I’m grateful to the men and women—the rescued and their rescuers— who shared their memories of an extraordinary summer’s night on the North Atlantic. For providing photographs or helping me obtain documents and other materials, a special thank you to Commander David Corey, Nor- man Cubberly, Richard Faber, Joe Griffith, Linda Morgan Hardberger, Dr. William Homan, Carol and William Johnson, Captain Robert Meurn, Leonardo and Giovanna Paladino, Lennard Rambusch, Jerome Reinert, and Francesco Scotto. Don Bowden of AP/WideWorld Photos and Tom Gilbert of TimePix smoothed my research in their photo archives. Lennart Angelmo, Robert Bierman, Lars Hemingstam, Mary Kir- son, Henrik Ljundstrom, Captain Robert Williamson, and Dr. Preston Winters helped me locate people whose lives were touched by the colli- sion of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm. Henrik Nordstrom trans- lated correspondence in Swedish. George J. Billy, chief librarian at the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad- emy, and Richard Corson, chief librarian at the State University of New York Maritime College, provided pointers for my research there. I benefited greatly from the support and guidance of Stephen S. Power, senior editor at John Wiley & Sons, and Emily Loose, who first saw the possibilities in this story at Wiley, and from the efforts and enthusiasm of Jim Hornfischer at The Literary Group International. My wife, Dr. Nancy Lubell, was there as always with love and encouragement. ix