IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Don Penrod
July 9, 2026
By Garland Pollard
The 70th Anniversary of Andrea Doria sinking Perhaps one of the most famous maritime disasters, and the first steamship disaster to receive extensive television coverage, was the sinking of the Italian luxury ocean liner S.S. Andrea Doria. On July 26, 1956 at 10:09 a.m., almost 70 years ago, the liner sank just off Nantucket after […]
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