The SS Normandie remained at the bottom of the Hudson River for a year and a half until it was salvaged in 1943. Despite hopes to revive the ship for use in the war, the SS Normandie was abandoned ...

Eighty-nine years ago, even the QM2’s luxurious predecessors were eclipsed by the SS Normandie. Introduced in 1932, the French liner was a floating shrine to Art Deco and, ...

The SS Normandie burned in her slip at Pier 88 in New York on February 9, 1942. Thousands of people from New Jersey and New York watched the spectacle in person or saw the smoke from many miles away.

1) Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant did it. So did Fred Astaire, Ernest Hemingway and a couple of Kennedys. They all sailed on the SS Normandie, the grand dame of the high seas — a floating ...

SS normandie 1 Articles Retrotechtacular: Salvaging A Capsized Ocean Liner. January 28, 2014 by Mike Szczys 20 Comments . The scale of this salvage operation is nothing short of daunting.

The SS Normandie was constructed for the French Line in Saint-Nazaire and made its maiden voyage on May 29, 1935, when it traveled from Le Havre to New York.

While these two ships are beautiful remnants of our past, they also have checkered histories. The SS Normandie is most well known for the fact that while it debuted in 1935 as the largest and ...

SS Normandie (Image: Echo) “Romance’’ came in the form of Bert Wheeler, part of the then-famous American comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey.