CA-class submarine
{{Short description|Italian submarine class}}
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The CA class were a group of midget submarines built for the Italian Navy during World War II.
Design
Boats
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! | Name ! | Series ! | Builder ! | Commissioned ! | Fate |
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| | CA 1 | align=center rowspan=2|I. | align=center rowspan=4|Caproni, Taliedo, Kingdom of Italy | |15 April 1938 | |scuttled on 9 September 1943 |
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| | CA 2 | |late April 1938 | | scuttled in 1944 |
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| | CA 3 | align=center rowspan=2|II. | | January 1943 | | scuttled on 9 September 1943 |
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| | CA 4 | | January 1943 | |scuttled on 9 September 1943 |
Service
In 1942, after the United States entered the war, Junio Valerio Borghese, commander of the Decima MAS (the Italian Navy's special operations unit), devised a plan to attack New York Harbor using a CA type midget submarine and commando frogmen. The midget submarine would be transported across the Atlantic by being carried on the deck of a larger submarine. The Italian submarine {{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} was chosen for the task and modified at the Italian base in Bordeaux (BETASOM). CA 2 was transported by rail from Italy and trials, which were conducted near La Pallice, were supervised by Borghese himself during late 1942. Leonardo Da Vinci was sunk in May 1943 before the operation could be carried out. No new boat was available and the Italian Armistice stopped further planning.[http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=99&lid=1&cid=4 Operations]
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-46
- Kemp, Paul: Underwater Warriors (1996, Arms & Armour Press)
External links
- [https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/Smg/ca_01.aspx Classe CA] Marina Militare website
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