Soviets modernizing former Italian battleship Giulio Cesare at Nikolayev, Ukraine to a CIA report dated 7 April 1951

Drawing made by G.J. Frans Naerebout and published in Op de Lange Deining written by G.A.J. Bovens.

An item reported that the former Italian battleship Giulio Cesare in mid-March 1951 was lying in the harbour of Nikolayev, Ukraine where her forward superstructure and anti-aircraft defence was modernized and fitted out with radar equipment.

Note

1. Conti di Cavour-class, preceded by Dante Alighieri and succeeded by Andrea Doria-class. Laid down by Gio. Ansaldo&C., Genoa, Italy on 24 June 1910, launched on 15 October 19111, completed on 7 June 1914, commissioned on 7 June 1914, handed over to the Soviet Union on 4 February 1949, renamed Novorossiysk, commissioned on 6 February 1949 and sunk by an explosion on 29 October 1955. 

Source

The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R007400420007-1