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Peter Gimbel-Life Magazine: The Andrea Doria was
only 28 hours sunk when two divers, Peter Gimbel and Joseph Fox, made a daring descent
into her grave. There, at 160 feet, Gimbel took this extraordinary photograph of Fox
clinging to the stern of a lifeboat tethered by lines but floating upended on the buoyancy
of air chambers, bearing the name of home port to which the Andrea Doria would
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Life Magazine Expedition
to the Andrea Doria a month after the sinking. Click here for the full story.
From left to right:
 | 180 Feet down, Bob Dill checks the other divers with an
"all-well" signal before the group splits up to carry out the plans for the
dive. |
| Peering in a porthole, whose glass and brass are still clean and
bright, the diver uses his floodlights to look at floating draperies and clothes inside. |
| Warning sign, printed neatly in two languages, cautions vessels to
stand clear of liner's giant screws. It is located high on hull near stern. |
| In Promenade Deck divers gather before a long glass port in swinging
door. Entering the enclosed deck they found curtains, lamps, and bulbs intact. |
| Ghostly railing, seemingly suspended in green twilight, guards the
stairs near the first class swimming pool. This picture was taken in the deepest dive, at
220 feet. |
| Gleaming binnacle projects from tilted deck of flying bridge. It
houses a remote course indicator for use of officers on watch outside the wheelhouse. |
| Two divers come up with a passenger's suitcase. |
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