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Stanislao Caraciotti
Stanislao Caraciotti (11 December 1897 – 9 September 1943) was an Italian admiral during World War II. Biography Born into an aristocratic family, originally hailing from Terni, Caraciotti entered the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno in 1911 and graduated as an ensign in 1915, participating in the First World War – initially on board battleships, and later, after promotion to lieutenant in 1916, in command of torpedo boats. After the war, he was promoted to lieutenant commander and became an aide to Eugene of Savoy, Duke of Ancona, as well as honorary ordnance officer of Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa. In 1932, after promotion to commander, he was given command of the destroyer ''Antonio Da Noli'' and later ''Libeccio''.Paolo Alberini e Franco Prosperini, ''Uomini della Marina - Dizionario bibliografico'', Roma, USMM, 2015, pp. 121-122. When Italy entered the Second World War, Caraciotti held the rank of captain and the command of the light cruiser ''Giuseppe Garib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronounced , "Leghorn" in the . or ). During the , Livorno was designed as an "". Developing c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Bombardment
Naval gunfire support (NGFS) (also known as shore bombardment) is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range. NGFS is one of a number of disciplines encompassed by the term ''naval fires''. Modern naval gunfire support is one of the three main components of amphibious warfare assault operations support, along with aircraft and ship-launched land-attack missiles. Shipborne guns have been used against shore defences since medieval naval warfare. Tactics NGFS is classified into two types: direct fire, where the ship has line of sight with the target (either visually or through the use of radar), and indirect fire, which, to be accurate, requires an artillery observer to adjust fire. When on the gun line, ships are particularly vulnerable to attack from aircraft coming from a landward direction and flying low to avoid radar detection, or from submarines due to a predictable and steady (non-evasive) cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1936)
''Giuseppe Garibaldi'' was an Italian light cruiser, that served in the ''Regia Marina'' during World War II. After the war she was retained by the Marina Militare and upgraded. She was built by Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, CRDA, in Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard Trieste and named after the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi. Decommissioned in 1953, ''Giuseppe Garibaldi'' was converted between 1957 and 1961, at the La Spezia shipyards, into a guided missile cruiser. Design The ''Duca degli Abruzzi''-class cruisers were the final version of the and were larger and better protected than their predecessors. The armament was also increased by two extra 152 mm guns, triple turrets replaced twins in the "A" and "Y" positions. The machinery was also revised which led to these ships having a slightly slower maximum speed than their predecessors. World War II service 1940 On 9 July at the Battle of Calabria, ''Giuseppe Garibaldi'' along with her sister, , fired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
