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...collision at sea between Andrea Doria and Stockholm directly involved some 2,000 people, but the details of how and why it happened were secrets known only to a handful of officers aboard both ships. Last week both sides finally told their stories-stories that differed so wildly on basic facts that they raised more questions than they answered...
...Swedish Case. Stockholm, by her version, was cruising easterly at 18 knots on the night of July 25. She sailed a moderate sea with little wind and a shining moon. Though other ships reported fog off Nantucket that night, Stockholm insisted that "although there was a haze on the horizon, visibility was good." The liner's radar, "operating perfectly," indicated another vessel ten miles off. Soon Andrea Doria came into sight two miles away. "Although the vessels were in a position to pass safely port to port, red to red, Stockholm went to starboard to give even greater passing...
...eyewitness report from Times Madrid Correspondent Camille Ci-anfarra, traveling aboard the Andrea Doria. "We ought to get some good cover age from Cianfarra," said Catledge. But the story never came. Sleeping in his cabin, Timesman Cianfarra, a veteran of more than 25 years, was killed instantly by the Stockholm's ice-crusher bow, along with his daughter...
...growing list of assignments for next-day's paper. By the time the story was buttoned up, the Times had 20,000 words spread across seven pages. Almost its entire front page was devoted to the shipwreck, with three pictures of the sinking Andrea Doria and the wounded Stockholm. For the lead, the Times called on Pulitzer-Prizewinner Meyer Berger, who had sat at his desk all day stitching together fragments from Times reporters, wire copy and the ship lines. His story spread across four columns, and in his clear, quiet prose, Berger wrote the most moving account...
...Radar of these wave lengths is also used by shipboard radars designed to penetrate fog, was the type installed on the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm...