Naval ships of Italy

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Chapters: Active naval ships of Italy, Battleships of Italy, Cold War naval ships of Italy, Corvettes of Italy, Cruisers of Italy, Destroyers of Italy, Frigates of Italy, Ships of the Marina Militare, Ships of the Regia Marina, Submarines of Italy, World War II naval ships of Italy, World War I naval ships of Italy, Bathyscaphe Trieste, USS Woodworth, Italian auxiliary ship Olterra, Italian Navy, Etna class protected cruiser, Red Sea Flotilla, Audace class destroyer, Capitani Romani class cruiser, List of Italian Navy ships, Maestrale class frigate, Yugoslav Navy Yacht Galeb, Italian monitor Faà di Bruno, Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan, SS Conte Rosso, Italian ship Ramb III, Jadran, Castore class gunboat, MAS, Diciotti class, Eritrea, List of Italian cruisers, Italian monitor Alfredo Cappellini, S1000 submarine class, SS Principe Umberto, Impavido class destroyer, Italian ship Ramb IV, Italian Perla-class submarine, List of Italian destroyers, Italian battleship Affondatore, Etna class cruiser, Italian cruiser ''Cristoforo Colombo'', HS Marechiaro, Italian corvette Baionetta, Italian frigate Giuseppe Garibaldi, HMS Arno, TA48, Minerva class corvette, List of battleships of Italy, Impetuoso class destroyer, Cassiopea class patrol vessel, Cosmos class submarine, Piero Foscari, List of Italian sailing frigates, List of Italian current frigates, Exploratori, Palestro class torpedo boat, List of Italian steam frigates. Excerpt: USS Woodworth (DD-460) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commander Selim E. Woodworth. Woodworth was laid down on 30 April 1941 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; launched on 29 November 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Selim E. Woodworth, niece and daughter-in-law of Commander Woodworth; and commissioned on 30 April 1942, Lieutenant Commander R. C. Webb, Jr., in command. After four months spent in fitting out and shakedown, Woodworth spent the remainder of 1942 performing escort duty in the Southwest Pacific area. She stopped at many ports between Australia and Guadalcanal. Woodworth was attached to Task Force (TF) 65 in January 1943, conducting patrols and exercises at the western entrance to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. On 2 February, Woodworth passed to the control of Vice Admiral Richard P. Leary who commanded TF 69 from his flagship, New Mexico. Two days later, that formation was merged with TF 18 consisting of Wichita, two aircraft carriers, three light cruisers, and four destroyers. An oiler and another destroyer also joined the force on the 5th. The month of February was devoted to patrolling and escorting transports in waters between the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides. After escorting transports to the Fiji Islands on 1 March, Woodworth returned to Espiritu Santo on the 13th and joined TF 15 organized around Enterprise. Woodworth entered port at Espiritu Santo on 21 March and the following day commenced tender availability. On 3 April, she headed back to the Solomons, arriving at Tulagi on the 5th for entrance patrol. The next day, Woodworth escorted Tappahannock to Kukum and then resumed her patrol. On the 7th, while escorting Tappahannock in the Solomons area, Woodworth came under enemy air attack by six planes north of Rua Sura Island. Four bombs dropped close aboard Tappahannock. Two struck the sea on the starboard side and threw considerable water over th...