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Posted by RedbirdR33 on Sun Aug 31 12:54:29 2008, in response to Re: Weehawken Terminal (NY Central), posted by RedbirdR33 on Sun Aug 31 12:26:05 2008. Dave: I will correct my earler post. The picture was taken sometime between September 1939 and February 1942. The three stacker to the right of the picture is the French Line's NORMANDIE tied up at Pier 88. (West 48 St). The ship to her left is the Cunard Line's QUEEN MARY at Pier 90. (West 50 St). Note that the QUEEN MARY is painted in wartime troopship gray for camaflouge. The NORMANDIE remained in New York after the outbreak of hostilities in World War II. After France was overun by the Germans the US took over the NORMANDIE and planed to convert her to a troopship called the LAFAYETTE. While undergoing this conversion a welder'torch ignited a fire. So much water was poured onto the ship that she turned over and sank at her pier. She made quite a sight laying on her side next to the West Side Highway. It took about a year to raise her and then she was scrapped.Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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