American naval attaché at Rome, Italy reported in September 1941 that according to a petty officer of the Italian light cruiser Duca d’Aosta that she was hit by two torpedoes on 4 August near Palermo. One hit under the bridge and the second one between the 3rd and 4th turrets. Heavily listing and down by the stern she managed to make a safe harbour.
Note
1. The Emanuele Filiberto Duca d’Oasta, part of Condottieri-class, laid down by O.T.O., Livorno on 29 October 1932, launched on 22 April 1934, commissioned on 13 July 1935, handed over on 2 March 1949 to the Soviet Union, commissioned on 30 March 1949, renamed Z15-Stalingrad-Kerch and stricken on 20 February 1959 to be broken up. Strangely enough she was never in any of the naval battles she participated or damaged in an air or submarine attack. So it should another cruiser the American naval attaché referred to.
Source
National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports. Estimate of potential military strength (pt.). Summaries. Reports from London, Paris, Brussels, Rome and Berlin. Roll M975-001.
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