10 Mar 1902
Italy
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
Italy
- San Mitra/Bernardino Rivadavia launched at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
30 Dec 1903
Italy
Italy
- San Mitra was sold to Japan while the ship was in Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
1 Jan 1904
Italy
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
Italy
- Kasuga was commissioned into Japanese service in Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
9 Jan 1904
Italy
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
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
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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