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| SS Normandie
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| Career
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| Built:
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Penhoët, Saint Nazaire, France
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| Ordered:
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16 November 1935
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| Laid down:
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26 January 1931
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| Launched:
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29 October 1932
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| Commissioned:
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29 October 1932
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| Fate:
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Caught fire, capsized at Pier, sold for scrap on October 3rd 1946
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| General Characteristics
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| GRT:
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79,280, later 83,423 gross tons
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| Displacement:
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71,300 tons (approx)
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| Length:
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313.6 m (1,029 feet)
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| Width:
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36.4 m (19.4 ft)
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| Draft:
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11.3 m (37 ft)
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| Height:
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56.1 m (184 ft)
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| Power:
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160,000 hp Turbo-electric (200,000 hp max)
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| Propulsion:
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Four electric motors direct drive to four three-blade (later four blade) propellors
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| Speed:
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Designed speed 29 knots (53.7 kph), 32.2 knots (59.6 kph) maximum
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| Passengers:
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1,972 (848 First Class, 670 Tourist Class, 454 Third Class)
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| Crew
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1,345
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