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The SS Normandie ocean liner, with smoke rising from its funnels, sails past a crowd of people gathered on a dock in a busy harbor.
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Aerial view of the RMS Queen Mary ocean liner docked at Long Beach, California, surrounded by a breakwater with the city and harbor in the background.
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Thomas Andrews
Thomas Andrews
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William Francis Gibbs
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William James Pirrie, Viscount Pirrie
William James Pirrie, Viscount Pirrie
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Edward J. Smith
British captain
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Percy Bates
British shipowner

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