Genoa in WW2 History | World War II Database

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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