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	SS Normandie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The beginnings of the Normandie can be traced to the Roaring Twenties when shipping companies started to look for new ships to replace the aging veterans, such as the RMS Mauretania who had first sailed in 1907.
		Her average speed on the maiden voyage was around 30 knots and on the eastbound crossing to France she averaged over 30 knots, shattering records on the way.
		The SS Normandie inspired the architecture and design of the Normandie Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SS_Normandie (1915 words)

	Normandy Article, Normandy Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Normandy is a former country (a Duchy) situatedin northern France occupying the lower Seine area (upper or Haute-Normandie) and the region to the west (lower or Basse-Normandie) as far as the Cotentin Peninsula.
		Upper Normandy consists of the French départements of Seine-Maritime and Eure, and lower Normandy of the départements of Orne, Calvados, and Manche.
		Normandie is also the name of a famous ocean liner, the SS Normandie, whose interiors were done in the Art Deco style,and praised by the critics for their great beauty.
	www.anoca.org /norman/region/normandy.html (1254 words)

	Sealetter Cruise Magazine Columnist Lisa Plotnick's The "Dining In The Wake of History"
		As SS United States was planned in the shadow of World War II, her specifications called for the ability for the liner to be converted into a troopship with just 48 hours notice.
		SS Normandie was completed in St. Nazaire, France in 1935 for the French Line, and boasted many "firsts" in the passenger ship industry.
		SS Normandie was in service for just four years before being laid up in New York due to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939.
	www.sealetter.com /Jul-03/lisacol.shtml (1638 words)

	SS Normandie
		The Normandie would eventually break new ground on many levels, she was to be the fastest, the sleekest, and the most artfully decorated.
		To be converted into a troopship, the Normandie was seized by the U.S. Navy on December 7, 1941.
		Stripped of her luxurious trappings and plush furnishings which had once been the sea-going refuge for the great and near-great, Normandie was renamed U.S.S. Lafayette and entered in the registry of the U.S. Navy.
	www.ocean-liners.com /ships/normandie.asp (589 words)

	S.S. Normandie
		All told, Normandie earned the Blue Riband for five record-breaking crossings; twice westbound and three times eastbound, including both legs of her maiden voyage.
		She was overhauled during the winter of 1935-36 to correct significant vibration problems which were evident from the time of her maiden voyage.
		Normandie's career as a passenger liner was cut short by the outbreak of World War II.
	www.greatships.net /normandie.html (447 words)

	ss Normandie \| Ship of Light
		When construction was completed on Normandie, she was the longest and largest ship afloat—measuring 1,028 feet in length with an initial tonnage of 79,280.
		Though she was the world’s largest ship, the enormous size of Normandie did not mean she carried more passengers than any ship had ever carried.
		Normandie was truly a wonder-ship that one could not see without wanting to travel onboard.
	www.bryking.com /normandie/normandie1.html (812 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: The Normandie begins a new era as a boutique hotel, with a new affiliation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Normandie Hotel is the first property in the Caribbean to join WorldHotels (formerly SRS WorldHotels), classified as "First Class," a category assigned to properties with superior accommodations, sophisticated atmosphere, and pleasant service, General Manager Thomas Pauly said.
		In its new phase as a boutique hotel, the Normandie will be offering summer season rates ranging from $145 a night for a standard room to $165 a night for a suite, with complimentary breakfast, plus 9% tax.
		Normandie Hotel, opened in 1942, was the brainchild of a Puerto Rican engineer as a tribute to his French wife, Moineau, whom he met on the French ocean liner SS Normandie.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues2/2005/vol09n20/CBNormandie.shtml (674 words)

	NormandieAug39 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Saturday, August 28, 2004 is the 65th Anniversary of the final arrival at New York of the French Line flagship SS NORMANDIE.
		NORMANDIE was the largest and one of the fastest ocean liners in existence at that time.
		As it turned out SS NORMANDIE was not to sail again after her August 28, 1939 arrival.
	www.worldshipny.com /normandieaug39.html (325 words)

	Ships of State: The Normandie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The story of the Normandie is a fascinating yet tragic account of what most now unanimously regard as one of the greatest liners to have ever set to sea.
		Normandie's distinctive clipper-ship bow came at a time when liners such as the Mauretania were still plying the waves.
		Passengers embarking on the Normandie were esconsed in a maritime haven of luxury and opulence, the like of which the world had never before seen.
	www.uncommonjourneys.com /pages/normandie (201 words)

	Saint-Nazaire - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The building of the French cruise liner SS Normandie in the 1930s required the construction of a massive new dock infrastructure.
		Following the surrender of France to Nazi forces in June 1940, the port immediately became a base of operations for the German Navy and was as such the target of Allied operations.
		The dry dock built for SS Normandie was the largest of its kind in western Europe at the time.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Saint-Nazaire (718 words)

	SS Normandie - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Image:Normandie poster.jpg The Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France.
		It was a great success and finally everyone could see the design of Vladimir Yourkevitch in action.
		Fifty thousand people came to Le Havre to see the large ship off, on what everyone hoped would be a record-breaking crossing.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/SS_Normandie (1930 words)

	Normandie
		Saturday, February 9, 2002 is the 60th Anniversary of the tragic fire and capsizing of SS NORMANDIE in New York Harbor.
		NORMANDIE as well as ILE-DE-FRANCE retained their peacetime livery as they sat immobilized at French Line's Pier 88.
		As NORMANDIE was in the process of being converted into a troop transport at her Pier 88 berth a fire broke out in the Grand Saloon.
	www.worldshipny.com /normandie.html (627 words)

	Cruise Critic Reviews: Summit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the meantime, the company has assured travelers that the breakdowns represent no safety hazard and will continue to offer generous compensation to passengers whose cruises are cancelled or interrupted as a result of the balky system.
		This statue originally graced the first-class smoking room in the legendary liner SS Normandie.
		The Normandie 134-seat specialty restaurant features memorabilia from the legendary transatlantic liner including original gold-lacquered paneling depicting hunt scenes that originally adorned the smoking room on the SS Normandie, plus a dine-in wine cellar, open kitchen, and "butterfly service" with waiters serving, presenting and removing dishes at the same table in unison.
	www.cruisecritic.com /reviews/review.cfm?ShipID=251 (1266 words)

	Normandie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French name for the region of Normandy.
		The SS Normandie, once the world's largest ship, sank in New York Harbor in 1942.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Normandie (96 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But then again so too was the SS Great Britain in the Fakland Islands for over 100 years before it was rescued, returned safely to England, and suprisingly restored close to it former glory.
		If the SS Great Britain could over come great obsticles at a time when most of its successors, like the RMS Titanic and SS Normandie has come and gone, then there is hope for the SS United States.
		Although separated by a period of 107 years the SS Great Britain and the SS United States share a lot in common, for both ships were ahead of their time in terms of the mondern inovations that laid the foundations for the modern shipbuilding industry.
	dvo.free.fr /forum/read_mess.php3?id=130 (712 words)

	:: CITICHAT: Neil Fraser :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The SS Normandie, launched in the '30s represented the epitome of modern high-speed luxury travel.
		You see, we have a Normandie Court (designed by Leopold Grinker & Skelly) on the corner of Kerk and Delvers Streets the rounded corners of which were described in the Star in April 1938 "like the prow of a gigantic liner".
		Normandie Court is one of the 'top twenty' Art Deco examples in the city.
	www.joburg.org.za /citichat/2003/feb24_citichat.stm (1285 words)

	Cruises Inc. - Celebrity Cruise Line News
		Infinity’s is the SS United States (at one time she was the world’s fastest ship) and the Summit houses the The Normandie (named for the classic transatlantic liner).
		On Infinity, the SS United States dining room features original etched glass panels that decorated the ballroom on the old ship.
		Aboard Summit, The Normandie features memorabilia including original gold-lacquered paneling depicting hunt scenes that originally adorned the smoking room on the SS Normandie.
	www.cruises-inc.com /Celebrity_News.htm (339 words)

	SS Norway
		Originally built as the SS France, she continues to operate in the Carribbean today.
		Originally built as the S.S. France, the Norway is still the longest passenger ship afloat.
		With two large funnels, she is one of the last surviving true transatlantic liners.
	www.unlimiteddetails.com /norway.html (101 words)

	Specialty Dining
		Its namesake, the SS United States Restaurant, makes its mark upon Celebrity guests with its exquisite décor - featuring actual glass panels from the original ship - and tantalizing cuisine.
		Furnished with outstanding art deco fittings by the era's best-known French designers, the SS Normandie was considered the ultimate ocean liner of her day.
		Summit's Normandie Restaurant provides guests with an elegant, alternative dining experience with menu selections inspired by the Normandy region of France, such as Flambéed Scampi flamed in Armagnac accompanied by a 1999 Chassagne Montrachet Chardonnay.
	www.montrosetravel.com /specialty_dining.html (505 words)

	Tragic Tale of the Normandie Part I: Smoke Across the Skyline
		On her maiden voyage, in June 1935, she broke the Atlantic speed record and continued toppling records until the war clouds rolled in.
		President Roosevelt, fearing the Normandie's possible conversion into an enormous troop ship that would aid further Nazi conquest, placed the ship in "protective custody." When the United States entered the war in December 1941, Normandie was drafted into the United States Navy.
		I think the same process used to acquire the Normandie was used by our government as a guide for our ta...
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/us_history_1929_1945/67593 (511 words)

	Ships of State: Archives
		Lbrte1.jpg - SS Liberte at sea, Photocard scan courtesy of Rick Biglin.
		Nmdie3.jpg - SS Normandie, Docked in New York City, November 11, 1935.
		Empbrtn.jpg - SS Empress of Britain at sea.
	uncommonjourneys.com /pages/archives/archives.htm (448 words)

	SS Normandie
		See also the Dictionary definition of SS, Normandie
		She was 1,029 feet long and 118 feet wide, and was capable of a speed of 31 knots.
		They were all seized when France fell to the Germans and Japan attacked Pearl harbour.
	www.askfactmaster.com /SS_Normandie (821 words)

	Berenice Abbott: Manhattan Skyline II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prominent in her panoramic view was Pier 88 used by the French Line's SS Normandie, the world's largest and fastest oceanliner, seen to the left of the pier.
		In 1938, Abbott photographed the departure of the Normandie departure, but discarded the image from the project.
		The midtown skyline was dominated by the new R.C.A. Building (1933) and its Rockefeller Center brethren, the RKO Building (1932) and Time and Life Building (1937).
	www.mcny.org /collections/abbott/a258.htm (250 words)

	Ocean Liner Normandie \| Ship of Light (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The arrival in New York Harbor of the gigantic ocean liner ss Normandie in 1935 inaugurated a new era in transatlantic travel.
		The Normandie set new standards of luxury and speed, steadiness, comfort and safety when traveling aboard ship.
		From keel to crow’s-next, she was different, not merely the largest liner afloat, but in almost every respect Normandie was a new kind of ocean liner.
	bryking.com /normandie (102 words)

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		World War II: Syndicate, particularly the NY branch, participated in ways: first, wonderful opportunity for fl market trade in ration stamps (gas, tires); second, they were up to no good on the docks.
		Culminated in destruction of the SS Normandie, a French ship renamed the Lafayette, being transformed into a troop carrier.
		The objective was to persuade the government they needed to ask the Syndicate to keep peace on the docks, and furthermore, that Charley Lucky was the only man capable of making peace on the docks.
	www.fsu.edu /~crimdo/faculty/waddell/fourteen.html (1220 words)

	LA Downtown News Online
		Down the hall, dozens of fragile Folies Bergères drawings once owned by Judy Garland face an original glass pane from the SS Normandie.
		On another wall is an original glass panel from the grand salon of the SS Normandie, the French ocean liner built in the 1930s.
		Designed by Jean Dupas, the tall and narrow panel was a small portion of a massive mural that depicted the history of navigation.
	www.ladowntownnews.com /articles/2005/09/19/news/news04.txt (767 words)

	SS Normandie printed notecard with brief history
		Built by Chantiers d'Atlantique at St. Nazaire, France in 1935, the SS Normandie weighed 82,799 gross tons, was 1028 feet long, 117 feet wide, and designed to transport 1,972 passengers.
		Her steam turboelectric engines, quadruple screw, were technologically state-of-the-art, running at a service speed of 29 knots, 31 knots reserve.
		Finances had not been spared in constructing and decorating the Normandie.
	www.jamesaflood.com /_crdnorm.htm (254 words)

	The First Farewell Voyage of the SS Norway
		Berthed in the same spot as the ill-fated SS Normandie when she burned at Pier 88, the SS Norway, nee SS France and heiress to Normandie's legend, struggled to leave port on Wednesday, September 5th.
		The tub and shower plus sink were located right off the cabin proper and the toilette and a second sink were in a small mini-powder room off the entry hall.
		In fact, NCL by the way they did things onboard, made it very easy to forget the SS Norway was once the heiress apparent to the famed SS Normandie.
	www.cupcaked.com /reviews/norway.html (3192 words)

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