New Tacoma Face Oldface: ‘Not High Art, Just Rock and Roll’

On July 25, 1956, the SS Andrea Doria, the crown jewel of Italy’s cruise ship fleet, was steaming toward New York City when it was t-boned by the 13,000-ton MS Stockholm. Gashed, the superlative ship — Italy’s safest, fastest, biggest, and most luxurious; a symbol of post-fascist pride — sat off the coast of Massachussets, [&hellip