While the rescue efforts were both successful, the cause of the collision with Stockholm and the loss of Andrea Doria generated much interest in the media and many lawsuits.
The incident and its aftermath were heavily covered by the news media.
This accident remains the worst maritime disaster to occur in United States waters since the capsizing of the Eastland in Chicago in 1915. The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. While 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued and survived, 46 people on the ship died as a direct consequence of the collision. The calm, appropriate behavior of the crew, together with improvements in communications, and the rapid response of other ships, averted a disaster similar in scale to that of Titanic in 1912. The consequent shortage of lifeboats could have resulted in significant loss of life, but the ship stayed afloat for over 11 hours after the collision. Struck in the side, the top-heavy Andrea Doria immediately started to list severely to starboard, which left half of her lifeboats unusable. On 25 July 1956, while Andrea Doria was approaching the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, bound for New York City, the eastbound Stockholm of the Swedish American Line collided with her. Launched on 16 June 1951, the ship began her maiden voyage on 14 January 1953. Of all Italy's ships at the time, Andrea Doria was the largest, fastest and supposedly safest. Named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the ship had a gross register tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about 1,200 passengers and 500 crew. SS Andrea Doria pronounced, was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) home-ported in Genoa, Italy, known for its sinking in 1956, where of the 1,706 passengers and crew, 1,660 were rescued, while 46 passengers and crew lost their lives. For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Andrea Doria.Ĭapsized and sank on 26 July 1956, after colliding with the Stockholm
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