SS Normandie Miller William H.
Learn the full story behind the most decoratively striking of all the great Atlantic liners, the""SS" Normandie"A creation of the extravagant 1930s, the "Normandie" was the pride of the great French…
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Learn the full story behind the most decoratively striking of all the great Atlantic liners, the""SS" Normandie"A creation of the extravagant 1930s, the "Normandie" was the pride of the great French Line, the national flagship, and a ship well ahead of almost all other passenger ships of her time. She was the largest, longest, and fastest, but also the most decoratively stunning and had the most striking and innovative overall design. Her dining room was longer than the famed Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and her outer decks were uncluttered, superbly balanced, and streamlined. Her career was, however, highly dramatic and quite tragic in the end. She sailed commercially for just four years, and then was laid up in New York due to the start of World War II; she suffered the fate of burning at her pier, capsizing, and becoming a complete loss. In 1946, to the great sadness of her
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