Passenger turbine ship, Italia Società di Navigazione, Genoa.
Shipyard | W. Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Dalmuir, Glasgow |
Transformation | Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere Navale di Monfalcone |
Tonnage | 23,562 tons |
Length | 202.56 m |
Breadth | 23.24 m |
Motor system | 2 sets of double-moltiplication turbine-reducers |
Manufacturer | W. Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Dalmuir, Glasgow |
Power | 25,240 HP |
Cruising speed | 20 knots |
Passengers | 215 (I), 333 (II), 1030 (Tourist-class). |
1925 | 23 April, launched for Lloyd Sabaudo |
1925 | 20 November, maiden voyage Genoa – Naples - New York |
1928 | 7 March, first voyage Genoa – Naples – Montevideo - Buenos Aires |
1932 | 2 January, transferred to the shipping company Italia, Flotte Riunite |
1935 | 24 February, being requisitioned makes 12 voyages towards the Italian colony in Eastern Africa with troops and colonists |
1936 | 9 January, returns on duty on the course Genoa – Naples – Montevideo - Buenos Aires |
1937 | 1 January, purchased by Lloyd Triestino |
1937 | 16 April, first voyage on the course Genoa – Naples – Suez – Bombay - Hong Kong – Singapore - Shanghai |
1940 | 23 February, first voyage Genoa - Valparaiso through Panama as chartered to the shipping company Italia |
1940 | 10 June, interned in Balboa after Italy enters the war |
1941 | 21 March, sequestrated by United States government and given to the American Navy. |
1942 | 14 August, starts its duty for the Navy being named USS Hermitage as troop-ship |
1947 | 18 August, returned to the Italian Government |
1948 | 28 March, delivered to the shipyard in Monfalcone to be transformed |
1949 | 26 October, delivered to the shipping company Italia di Navigazione, Genoa |
1949 | 10 November, maiden voyage Genoa – Cannes – Naples - Rio de Janeiro – Santos – Montevideo - Buenos Aires |
1950 | 7 March, first voyage Genoa – Cannes – Naples - New York |
1959 | 11 September, transferred to the course Genoa – Barcelona – Gibraltar – Lisbon – Halifax - New York - Boston |
1960 | 2 August, sold out for demolition at Terrestre Marittima, La Spezia. |
Architects and interior designers
Alberto Bordogna, Aldo Cervi, Romano Boico, Vittorio Frandoli, Umberto Nordio, Giò Ponti, Alessandro Psacaropulo, Gustavo Pulitzer Finali, Flavio Vaudetti, Nino Zoncada.
Artists
Edina Altara, Dario Bernazzoli, Massimo Campigli, Ugo Carà, Marcello Claris, Luca Crippa, Salvatore Fiume, Felicita Frai, Guido Gambone, Emanuele Luzzati, Tranquillo Marangoni, Marcello Mascherini, Pietro Melandri, Fausto Melotti, Ramiro Meng, Zoran Music, Nino Perizi, Paolo de Poli, Dino Predonzani, Alice Psacaropulo, Federico Righi, Gianni Russian, Giuseppe Santomaso, Alberto Savinio, Carlo Sbisà, Mario Sironi, Adriano Spilimbergo, Anna Nascimbene Tallone, Giuseppe Zigaina, Luigi Zortea.
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