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Italian Navy / Marina Militare Italiana -
Corvette
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F 550
- ITS Salvatore Todaro
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Type,
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Corvette; De
Cristofaro class |
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Builder:
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Cantiere Ansaldo
di Livorno, Italy |
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Laid
down: 1962 Launched: 1964 Commissioned: 1966 Decommissioned: 1994 |
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Namesake:
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LCDR Salvatore
Todaro (1908-1942) (see history below) |
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F 550 ITS Salvatore Todaro: -- service history wanted -- |
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Salvatore Todaro: Lieutenant Commander (Capitano
di Corvetta) (born: September 16, 1908 in Messina / died
in action: December 14, 1942 - off North Africa) Naval Academy Livorno 1923-1927 Promoted 2nd Lieutenant in 1928 duty aboard surface units and submarines 1936 - work with 146th Seaplane Squadron 1937 - change to submarine service 1940 - promoted Lieutenant Commander
(Capitano di Corvetta) 1940 - took command of the submarine LUCIANO MANARA 1940 - took command of the submarine CAPPELLINI,
based at Betasom submarine base, Bordeaux, France 1940/41 - several Atlantic deployments 1941/42 - participated in military actions in
the Black Sea 1942 - Todaro took command of the armed
Trawler CEFALO assigned at the base on Galite Islands (Tunisia) December 13, 1942 - after returning from a
night mission in the port of Bona (now Annaba, Algeria) the CEFALO was
attacked by a British Spitfire aircraft. During this attack Salvatore Todaro
was hit by a shrapnel and died instantly.
Salvatore Todaro - Awards: Medaglia
d'Oro al Valore Militare alla memoria - Gold Medal for Military Valour in
Memory Medaglia
d’Argento al Valore Militare - Silver Medal for Military Valour (Atlantic
Ocean - December 1940-January 1941) Medaglia
d’Argento al Valore Militare sul Campo - Silver Medal for Military Valour in
the Field (Atlantic Ocean - 1941) Medaglia
d’Argento al Valore Militare sul Campo - Silver Medal for Military Valour in
the Field (Sevastopol - June 1942) Medaglia
di Bronzo al Valore Militare - Bronze Medal for Military Valour (Atlantic
Ocean - October 1940) Medaglia
di Bronzo al Valore Militare sul Campo - Bronze Medal for Military Valour in
the Field (Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean - 1940/41) |
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