ITS San Giusto

History of the San Giusto Crest:

The name and the history of Saint Giusto and the motto of the ship in Triestine is "Coragio no manca co' semo nel giusto" (the courage cannot and it does not have to lack when it is struck to us for a just cause) and forever ties the ship to the city of Trieste.

The Crest, like the coat of arms of Trieste, uses the halberd emerging from the waves recalling, according to the legend, when Saint Giusto was thrown into the sea during the persecution of Diocleziano (303 a.a.) and returned from the ocean onto the beach of Trieste. The "amphibious" job of the ship is represented by the lion of Saint Mark, which has many pages of heroism in the history of national navy and embarks on the ship in the course of events operating for you and training for you.  Finally, the rudder, symbol of the Naval Academy, reflects the function of Ship School destined to train the young men and women about the Navy and to educate them in the love for the Native land and the sea.

Pictures:

Captain Sollitto, Commanding Officer of the ITS San Giusto, welcomes Admiral Sir Jonathon Band KCB, officer in charge of Exercise Sorbet Royal, onto the flagship	San Giusto has the communications equipment, helicopters and small boats necessary to coordinate all aspects of a submarine rescue
Admiral Band (left) shakes the hand of Vice Admiral Brangiforte with ITS San Giusto in the background	Senior officers from many of the participating nations visit the units deployed in support of submarine rescue
The exercise staff for Sorbet Royal is embarked aboard the Italian Amphibious Assult Ship San Giusto	The San Giusto's well deck provides a rapid and safe way of transferring exercise observers to participating units
Rapid movement of personnel from shore to the exercise area is facilitated by helicopters utilizing the San Giusto's flight deck	Observers, doctors and media representatives from all over the world are transported from exercise ships back to shore via the command ship San Giusto
In addition to providing exercise logistic support, helicopters controlled from San Giusto deliver rescue divers to the scene of a submarine accident	The Italian command ship San Giusto is well equiped to coordinate helicopter activities for exercise Sorbet Royal
ITS San Giusto takes station in the Bay of Taranto where over a dozen vessels from nine nations will converge for exercise Sorbet Royal 2005	ITS San Giusto, flagship for exercise Sorbet Royal 2005 is one of three Amphibious Support Ships of the San Giorgio class

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