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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Fincantieri Launches "Luigi Dattilo" Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) for the Italian Coast Guards

''Luigi Dattilo'' Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) |The first of two multi-purpose vessels commissioned from Fincantieri by the General Command of the Port Authority Corp for the Italian Coast Guard was launched today at Castellammare di Stabia (Naples).

The ceremony was attended, amongst others, by Chief Inspector Admiral Francesco Lo Sardo, Deputy Commanding General of the Port Authority Corps, Rear Admiral Franco G. Persenda, Head of the Coast Guard’s IVth Division, and Captain Clement Costigliola, representing the Commander in Chief of the Naval Department for the Ionian Sea and Strait of Otranto (Taranto), while in attendance for Fincantieri were Angelo Fusco, Executive Senior Vice President Naval Vessels Italy, and Vincenzo Taormina, Manager of the Castellammare di Stabia shipyard.

The ceremony was also attended by representatives from the Registro Italiano Navale (RINA - Italy's ship classification society).

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