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Lines of Battle. As the third mate's story went into its third week, and fresh relays of lawyers resumed the cross-questioning, the principal issues between Stockholm and Andrea Doria began to come clear. The Swedes insist that the night was clear; the Italians hold that it was "dark and foggy," hence, the captain should have been on the bridge, Stockholm should have cut her speed, posted extra watches and sounded fog warnings. The Swedes insist that the ships were steaming port-to-port, with ample room to pass; the Italians counter flatly that they were starboard-to-starboard, and that Stockholm veered to a collision course even as Carstens-Johannsen thought he was widening the gap.
This week Italian Captain Piero Calamai will take the stand to tell his side of the tragedy, in which some 1,670 lives were saved and 50 lost.