It makes sense that Palm Beacher Richard René Silvin would want to write a book about the Normandie — the French-built, Art Deco-styled luxury liner destroyed by fire in the Hudson River on Feb. 9, ...
Cary Grant and Marlene Dietrich were just two of the many high-class passengers who saild aboard the SS Normandie, which is being honored at the South Street Seaport ...
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.
The scale of this salvage operation is nothing short of daunting. The SS Normandie was an ocean liner put into service in 1935 and capable of carrying 1,972 people across the Atlantic Ocean. The ship ...
The engraved doors that were once aboard the dining room of the SS Normandie can now be found at a Brooklyn church. The doors were salvaged from the bottom of the Hudson River and resized to fit on ...
What happens when you combine Con Ed's access to all the steam in the city, and the whistle from the SS Normandie? Skip to about the 1 minute mark to find out. Earlier this year an exhibit called ...