Italian Navy / Marina Militare Italiana - Amphibious Ship
L 9893 - ITS San Marco
Type, Class:		Amphibious Transport Dock / LPD; San Giorgio-class
Builder:		Fincantieri SpA, Riva Trigoso, Genua, Italy
STATUS:		Laid down: March 26, 1985 Launched: October 10, 1987 Commissioned: May 14, 1988 IN SERVICE
Homeport:		Brindisi, Puglia, Italy
Namesake:		San Marco / Saint Mark, the Apostle
Ship’s Motto:		TI CON NU, NU CON TI “you with us - we with you” in Venetian language
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)		see: INFO > San Giorgio - class Amphibious Transport Dock
LINK:		see also > Special Report: ITS San Marco (L 9893) in port of Trieste, Italy - August 22, 2008
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“walk around” - Trieste, Italy / August 22, 2008 - photos by Frank Egger
San Marco (Saint Mark): Mark the Evangelist is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is one of the Seventy Apostles of Christ, and the founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the original four main sees of Christianity. Ship’s motto: Giuseppe Viscovich was a Venetian count. He was the Captain of the town of Perasto (now in Montenegro), the last territory of the Republic of Venice (nicknamed the „Republic of Saint Mark“) to surrender to the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte. On August 23, 1797, the Venetian citizens of Perasto gathered to bury the flag of the Venetian Republic under the altar of the cathedral, to prevent it falling in unworthy hands. Before the kneeling crowd, Giuseppe Viscovich delivered an emotional speech in the Venetian language, the Discorso de Perasto, still well known to Venetians. The following sample is taken from the Perasto Speech: „Par trezentosetantasete ani le nostre sostanse, el nostro sangue, le nostre vite le xè sempre stàe par Ti, San Marco; e fedelisimi senpre se gavemo reputà, Ti con nu, nu con Ti, e senpre con Ti sul mar semo stài lustri e virtuosi. Nisun co Ti ne gà visto scanpar, nisun co Ti ne gà visto vinti e spaurosi!'' "For three hundred and seventy seven years our bodies, our blood our lives have always been for You, St. Mark; and very faithful we have always thought ourselves, You with us, we with You, And always with You on the sea we have been illustrious and virtuous. No one has seen us with You flee, No one has seen us with You defeated and fearful!"
ITS San Marco (L 9893): history wanted
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