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RM Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Number of Parts: 4557 (1129 physical parts)

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On April 28, 1940, the "Vittorio Veneto" was completed. Although this class of battleships could effectively suppress the French Navy's "Dunkerque" class battleships and counter the "Richelieu" class and "Nelson" class battleships, when intelligence about the British "Lion" class battleships was obtained in early 1940, the Regia Marina realized that the existing new battleships, along with the under-construction "Roma" and "Impero", would be unable to compete with them. To safeguard sea control in the Mediterranean, the Naval Command issued a request for proposals for a new type of battleship.
At the end of 1940, the design office led by Umberto Pugliese delivered several design drawings with different armaments, sizes, etc. A design with a displacement of 73,000 tons and equipped with 8 18-inch guns was selected. Although this design was considered too large and costly and met with many objections, it still received the support of Mussolini, who believed that this type of battleship could offset the numerical disadvantage against the British and French navies and "showcased the latest achievements of the Italian Navy".
Like the "Vittorio Veneto" class, she was equipped with the Pugliese torpedo defense system. She also installed the newly developed 456mm/46 gun based on the 450mm gun and the 65mm dual-purpose gun for anti-aircraft and surface warfare.



In early 1941, the design of this class of battleships was finalized, with the displacement further increased to 82,000 tons, and construction immediately began at the Ansaldo Shipyard. Meanwhile, the under-construction "Impero" was ordered to suspend construction and be dismantled to save naval expenses.
The Allied retreating offensive left its construction unaffected after the outbreak of war. At the end of 1943, the plan to land in Sicily was uncovered, and the navy accelerated the construction of this type of ship, installing new radar and strengthening horizontal protection to counter the 16-inch gun-equipped ships of the Allies that were covering landing forces and competing for Mediterranean sea control.
In October 1944, the lead ship "Giuseppe Garibaldi" completed sea trials and was commissioned; she was one of the most powerful battleships of her time. The second ship "Giuseppe Mazzini" was only 15% complete.
In the remaining time of the European theater, due to fuel shortages, she conducted only a handful of operations. In the first Battle of the Invasion of Sicily in March 1945, she lightly damaged the "Warspite" and shot down two carrier-based aircraft from the "Malta", but she herself was hit by two aerial bombs. One of them penetrated the stern deck, and the explosion ignited the aviation fuel allocated to the shipborne reconnaissance aircraft. After the fire caused significant damage to the stern, she returned to port for repairs.
Due to the lack of sufficient air power and the mistaken belief that there was no need to develop aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean, the Kingdom of Italy gradually lost air superiority from 1945 onwards. In May, the Allies began continuous bombing of the "Giuseppe Garibaldi" undergoing repairs in Taranto Harbor and the slow-progressing "Giuseppe Mazzini" in La Spezia Harbor. Although no serious damage was caused, the repair work of "Giuseppe Garibaldi" was delayed until August, making her miss the second Battle of the Invasion of Sicily. The hull of the second ship was ordered to be scrapped.
In October, she was deployed to support the army units on Sardinia, but the news was intercepted. On the 17th, while escorted by the "Fiume" and the anti-aircraft cruiser converted "Giussano" from Taranto to Sardinia, she was intercepted by the Royal Air Force. At 2:17, a "Tallboy" bomb from a Lancaster bomber penetrated the horizontal armor near Turret No. 3 and exploded inside the hull. The nearby ammunition depot detonated, tearing a huge hole in the port side. The hull began to break at Turret No. 3. Eight minutes later, the hull listed 45 degrees to port and capsized, and the boiler room exploded immediately, sinking rapidly within 2 minutes. Before sinking, she was hit by a total of 16 torpedoes and 27 aerial bombs, with 213 crew members surviving.
I can't make up any more. I just randomly built a ship using the Galileo hull, please don't scold me.

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Performance Data

Standard Displacement: 82,003 tons
Full Load Displacement: 85,037 tons
Waterline Length: 290.2 m
Overall Length: 297.4 m
Beam: 42.3 m
Standard Draft: 10.7 m
Full Load Draft: 11.0 m

Total Engine Output: 223,000 shaft horsepower
Number of Propeller Shafts: 4
Number of Boilers: 8 oil-fired boilers
Number of Turbines: 4 steam turbines
Maximum Speed: 30 knots
Endurance: 10,000 nautical miles / 14 knots
Crew Size: 2422-3149 personnel

Armament

4 x twin 456mm/46 main guns
5 x triple 152mm/55 secondary guns
12 x twin 65mm/64 anti-aircraft guns
14 x twin 37mm/54 anti-aircraft guns
14 x six-barreled 20mm/70 anti-aircraft guns

Armor Protection

Main Armor Belt: 480-240mm
Extended Belt: 180-100mm
Upper Armor: 70mm
Fore and Aft Bulkheads: 50-420mm
Deck: 40+12+180mm
Armor Citadel Armor: 200mm
Turret Armor: 500mm (front), 250mm (side), 220mm (top)
Turret Barbette Armor: 420mm

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