Re: [FWDLK] A Norse is a Nourse, man

[Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The 'net is replete with diver's accounts of the Norseman and the Andrea 
Dorea.  There's no need, to speculate, as to what "might" have been tied 
down, or "how," the divers get into the hull; they gladly tell it all, for 
those, who research the questions.

IIRC, one of the last accounts said about the only thing left were the 
wheels, that the ship had decomposed badly and was dangerous to enter, and 
that was about ten years ago.

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 
Plymouth, '41 Dodge


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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:41 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] A Norse is a Nourse, man


> Mike, the Norseman was put into the hold (bowels) of the Anrea Doria.
>
> I doubt that it would have been tied-down, as the lower levels ride out
> storms very well, but if it weren't secured, it would have (and
> might-have, anyway) been rolled-around, inside the hold, on its way to
> the sea bed.
>
> I suppose that the salvage divers (I wonder who was paying for their
> time, and why)  might have determined, from ship's documents, where the
> car was loaded, in relation to the ship's attitude, lying on the ocean
> floor, so that they might have figured out where to look for the car.
>
> But, they still would have had to bring along some major cutting
> equipment, to go thru the hull, because I can't believe that they would
> have thought about trying to gain access to the hold, via
> companionways/passages, etc!!!
>
> So: short answer: I have never heard of anyone's having 'raised' (pun
> intended) the Andrea Doria, looking for an old rusty Plymouth
> Belevdere.....ooops; that's TULSA!!!
>
> Neil Vedder
>
>
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