Historic ship from Italy anchored in Port of LA and ready for visitors

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Published 2024-07-03
A historic Italian Navy vessel, the Amerigo Vespucci, is visiting from the European nation and anchored at the Port of Los Angeles where people are welcome to come aboard. Captain Giuseppe Lai takes KCAL News on a tour of the ship's antique interiors and gives more insight into how visitors can see the vessel for themselves.

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  • @paolomagni
    Interesting enough, in 1962 the captain of USS Independence declared the Amerigo Vespucci "the most beautiful ship in the world" while the two ships went by in the Mediterranean sea. In 2022, after 60 years, it was the USS George Bush that crossed the route with Amerigo Vespucci and its captain renewed the title: "After 60 years your are still the most beautiful ship in the world!".
  • @massimozanasi
    If you would have taken a couple of minutes to show how the ship looks like from the outside, it would have been easy for the audience to understand why it is considered the most beautiful ship in the world.
  • Went and saw it on Monday and I can confirm… quite beautiful.
  • @clabart
    If you have the chance, go see her on board. But it's even more beautiful to see her while sailing with her sails unfolded. I am Italian, I visited it, a few years ago, at the port of Civitavecchia, near Rome where I live.
  • I'm proud to say that my friend Alberto Parma will be on board. Good luck Alberto from italian land ❤.
  • @marcello_fi
    Meravigliosa! L' Amerigo Vespucci è un'opera d'arte. ❤️🇮🇹
  • @Neldot
    It's interesting to know that The "Amerigo Vespucci" was designed in 1930 by engineer Francesco Rotundi, lieutenant colonel of the Naval Engineers and director of the Royal Shipyards of Castellammare di Stabia (near Naples), taking up the designs of the sailing ship "Monarca", the flagship of the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
  • Well she forgot to say, probably she doesnt even know, that Amerigo vespucci is the one who gave his name to your continent: AMERICA: the land of AMERIGO
  • It's a shame that it is no longer flanked as it once was by its sister ship, the Crisforo Colombo, which was sold to the then Soviet Union due to war damage; today they would have been a unique couple in the world!
  • My daddy would've taken me to see it , miss u daddy , every single day , rest easy, and trust me , I GOT MOMMY 💯 😌🙏🫶🫵💪
  • PLEASE SHOW SOME LOVE TO THIS ITALIAN SHIP WHILE IT IS IN PORT. IN LOS ANGELES. THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!!!
  • Done in Castellamare di Stabia. The iconic shipyard giving birth to the beautiful Gozzo :)