An item referred to the magazine R.U.S.I. dated May 1938 reporting that the Italian admiral Ducci (1) during the naval budget discussions in the Senate stated that it was not easy to find a solution for the coastal defence of Italian naval bases against the new methods of aircraft attacks. Italy did not posses a large number of large natural harbours and the existing ones lost much of their value due to the changed political situation. It was an absolute necessity to built a third dock in south Italy.
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1. Gino Ducci (18 September 1872 Firenze, Italy-5 January 1962 Rome, Italy), chief of naval staff (1923-1925 and August 1931-September 1934).
