10 Mar 1902

Italy
  • The keel of San Mitra/Bernardino Rivadavia was laid down by the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
22 Oct 1902

Italy
  • San Mitra/Bernardino Rivadavia launched at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
30 Dec 1903

Italy
  • San Mitra was sold to Japan while the ship was in Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
1 Jan 1904

Italy
  • The Japanese Navy renamed the cruiser San Mitra to Kasuga while the ship was in Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
7 Jan 1904

Italy
  • Kasuga was commissioned into Japanese service in Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
9 Jan 1904

Italy
  • Kasuga departed Genoa, Italy under the command of British captains and manned by British seamen and Italian stokers. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
16 Apr 1922

Italy
  • Germany and the Soviet Union signed an agreement at Rapallo, Geona, Italy, renouncing all territorial and monetary claims against each other as the result of WW1. ww2dbase [Treaty of Rapallo | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
16 Jun 1944

Italy
  • Unfinished Italian aircraft carrier Aquila, an abandoned conversion from trans-Atlantic passenger liner SS Roma, was damaged by Allied air attack on Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Genoa, Liguria | HM]

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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