W - [HORN] ------------------SS-Normandie----info------------------------------ Name Normandie Namesake Normandy Owner Compagnie Générale Transatlantique[1] Port of registry Port of Le Havre[1] Route Le Havre-Southampton-New York Builder Chantiers de Penhoet, Saint-Nazaire, France[1] Laid down 26 January 1931 Launched 29 October 1932 Christened 29 October 1932 Completed 1933 Maiden voyage 29 May 1935[2] In service 1935–1942 Out of service 1942 Identification Call sign FNSK[1] Fate Caught fire, capsized February 1942. Scrapped October 1946. General characteristics Type Ocean liner Tonnage 79,280 GRT (1935–1936) 83,423 GRT (1936-1942) Displacement 68,350 tons (loaded) Length 313.6 m (1,029 ft) o/a 293.2 m (962 ft) p/p[1] Beam 35.9 m (117 ft 10 in);[1] Height 56.1 m (184 ft) Draught 11.2 m (36 ft 7 in) (loaded) Depth 28.0 m (92 ft) to promenade (strength) deck Decks 12 Installed power Four Alsthom steam turbines driving alternators powering electric motors, total 120 MW (160,000 hp); 150 MW (200,000 hp) max[3] Propulsion Four 3 bladed propellers on launch – later 4 bladed Speed 29.5 kn (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) designed 32.2 kn (59.6 km/h; 37.1 mph) recorded on trials Capacity 1,972: 848 First Class (cabin), 670 Tourist Class, 454 Third Class Crew 1,345
-----MUSIC-------- found it online (please don't sue me) -------------INFO---------------------- SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built. During service as the flagship of the CGT, she made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings from her home port of Le Havre to New York City. Normandie held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career, during which RMS Queen Mary was her main rival. During the Second World War, Normandie was seized by U.S. authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, while being converted to a troopship, the liner caught fire and capsized onto her port side and came to rest, half submerged, on the bottom of the Hudson River at Pier 88 (the site of the current Manhattan Cruise Terminal). Although salvaged at great expense, restoration was deemed too costly and she was scrapped in October 1946. Rest in peace, Queen of France.
