Italian cruiser Alberto di Giussano

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History

Italy
Name	Alberto di Giussano
Namesake	Alberto da Giussano
Laid down	29 March 1928
Launched	27 April 1930
Commissioned	1 January 1931
Fate	Sunk at the Battle of Cape Bon, 13 December 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Giussano-class cruiser
Displacement	6,571 tonnes (6,467 long tons) (standard) 6,954 tonnes (6,844 long tons) (full load)
Length	169.3 m (555 ft 5 in)
Beam	15.5 m (50 ft 10 in)
Draft	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	6 Yarrow-Ansaldo boilers 2 Belluzo turbines 2 shafts 95,000 hp
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range	3,800 nmi (7,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	507
Armament	8 × 152 mm (6 in) /53 guns in 4 twin mountings 6 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns in 3 twin mountings 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 54-cal. guns 8 × 13.2 mm machine-guns 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Decks: 20 mm (0.79 in) Belt: 24 mm (0.94 in) Turrets: 23 mm (0.91 in) Tower: 40 mm (1.6 in)
Aircraft carried	2 × CANT 25AR (later Ro.43) seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult launcher

Alberto di Giussano^[1] (named after Alberto da Giussano, a fictional^[2] medieval military leader condottiero) was an Italian Giussano-class cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was launched on 27 April 1930.

She participated in the normal peacetime activities of the fleet in the 1930s as a unit of the 2nd Squadron, including service in connection with the Spanish Civil War. On 10 June 1940 she was part of the 4th Cruiser Division, with the 1st Squadron, together with her sister ship Alberico da Barbiano and was present at the Battle of Punta Stilo in July. She carried out a minelaying sortie off Pantelleria in August, and for the rest of the year acted as distant cover on occasions for troop and supply convoys to North Africa.

On 12 December 1941 she left port together with her sister ship Alberico da Barbiano. Both she and her sister were being used for an emergency convoy to carry gasoline for the German and Italian mobile formations fighting with the Afrika Korps. Jerrycans and other metal containers filled with gasoline were loaded onto both cruisers and were placed on the ships' open decks. The thinking behind using these two cruisers for such a dangerous mission was that their speed would act as a protection. Nonetheless, the ships were intercepted by four Allied destroyers guided by radar on 13 December 1941, in the Battle of Cape Bon. Alberto di Giussano was able to fire only three salvos before being struck by a torpedo amidships and hit by gunfire, which left her disabled and dead in the water. After vain struggle to halt the fire, the crew had to abandon the ship, which broke in two and sank at 4.22. 283 men out of the 720 aboard lost their lives. The ship's commanding officer, Captain Giovanni Marabotto, was among the survivors.

Citations

^ "Sommario: Leggi e Decreti". Gazzetta Ufficiale (in Italian). 26 December 1927. p. 4895. Regio Decreto 1° dicembre 1927, n. 2354. Incrizione degli esploratori «Alberto di Giussano»
^ Troisi, Francesco (May 2010). "Quel 29 Maggio del 1176". Medioevo (in Italian): 18–29.

References

Brescia, Maurizio (2012). Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regina Marina 1930–45. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-544-8.
Fraccaroli, Aldo (1968). Italian Warships of World War II. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0002-6.
Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
Whitley, M. J. (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-141-6.

External links

Alberto di Giussano Marina Militare website

Condottieri-class cruisers

Regia Marina	Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta Eugenio di Savoia
Royal Hellenic Navy	Elli (ex-Eugenio di Savoia)
Soviet Navy	Z15 / Stalingrad / Kerch (ex-Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta)

Duca degli Abruzzi class

Preceded by: None
Followed by: Costanzo Ciano class (planned) / Capitani Romani class (actual)

List of cruisers of Italy

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1941
Shipwrecks	2 Dec: Virsaitis 6 Dec: HMS Perseus 7 Dec: USS Arizona, USS California, USS Cassin, Cynthia Olson, USS Downes, Ha-19, M-16, M-18, M-20, M-22, USS Nevada, USS Oglala, USS Oklahoma, Sauternes, USS Shaw, U-208, USS Utah, USS West Virginia, HMCS Windflower 8 Dec: SS Capillo, Nisqually, USS Penguin, HMS Peterel, Ravnaas 10 Dec: HMS Banka, USS Bittern, I-70, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Repulse, Takao Maru, No. 10, USS YP-16 11 Dec: Hayate, Kisaragi, HMS Lady Shirley 12 Dec: Awazisan Maru, HMS Moth, HMS Tamar 13 Dec: Alberico da Barbiano, Alberto di Giussano 14 Dec: HMS Galatea 15 Dec: Empire Barracuda, HNLMS O 16, U-127 16 Dec: U-557 17 Dec: Corregidor, Ro-66, Shinonome, U-131 18 Dec: U-434 19 Dec: HMS Neptune, HNLMS O 20, HMS Stanley, U-574 20 Dec: Emidio, HMS Kandahar 21 Dec: HMS Audacity, HMS Cicala, HNLMS K XVII, U-451, U-567 23 Dec: Hayataka Maru, Montebello, Patrol Boat No. 32, Patrol Boat No. 33, Shuntien, U-79 24 Dec: Absaroka, HNLMS K XVI, USS Rochester, Sagiri, HMS Salvia 25 Dec: Empire Dragon, USS Sealion, HMS Thracian 26 Dec: Unyo Maru No. 2 27 Dec: Arayat, Canlaon 28 Dec: Banahao, DCH-1, U-75, Volo, SS Connecticut 29 Dec: BRP Banahaw, Ro-60 Unknown date: HMS H31, USS Nereus, HMS Triumph, Vizcaya
Other incidents	7 Dec: USS Gamble, USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee, USS Thresher, USS Vestal 8 Dec: Awazisan Maru, USS Thresher 9 Dec: I-10 10 Dec: Oigawa Maru, USS Sealion 11 Dec: HMS Jackal 16 Dec: HMS Thracian 17 Dec: Ro-62 20 Dec: USS Pompano 24 Dec: Absaroka 31 Dec: Ruth Alexander
1940 1941 1942 November 1941 January 1942

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