Ubaldo Diciotti

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Ubaldo Diciotti (born December 23, 1878 in Lucca , Italy , † June 4, 1963 in Rome ) was a major general of the Italian Coast Guard .

career

Ubaldo Diciotti studied mathematics for two years at the elite university Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa . In 1901 he joined the Italian coast guard, which at that time was known as the "Port Captain Corps " (Corpo delle capitanerie di porto) . He took care of civil and military port matters and quickly distinguished himself as a talent for organization. After the end of the First World War , he was promoted to major in 1919 . Under the General of the Port Captain Corps Francesco Mazzinghi , he took part in international conferences which, after the end of the war, dealt with maritime questions and port matters that had arisen in the course of the dissolution of Austria-Hungary in the Adriatic.

During his professional career, Diciotti was deputy in command of the ports of Chioggia and Trieste and in command ( port captain ) of the ports of Molfetta , Barletta , Sebenico , Ancona , Livorno and Naples . In 1924 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1927 to colonel . In 1930, after a short stint in the port of Genoa , he took part in a US exchange program. Here he was involved in the reorganization of the port of New York . After his return, he brought the experience he had gained in New York to the construction of the industrial port in the Genoese district of Sampierdarena .

From February 19, 1932 to March 22, 1936, Colonel Diciotti was in command of the port of Livorno. In 1937 he was promoted to major general and transferred to Rome to lead the port captain's corps. At the beginning of the Second World War he took command of the port of Tripoli . Despite several air raids, he managed to keep operations going and to ensure supplies to the front . On March 12, 1941, he was awarded the Italian silver medal for bravery for his personal commitment under enemy fire . On the following March 16, he returned to the General Command of the Port Captain's Corps in Rome and was assigned to the reserve on December 22, 1941 for reasons of age. After being reactivated due to the war, he worked in the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy until September 14, 1943, when he was retired. He did not want to serve the fascist Italian Social Republic after the Cassibile armistice .

Awards and honors

In addition to a silver medal for bravery and two war merit crosses, Diciotti received the following awards:

Two Italian Coast Guard ships were named after him:

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The officers of the corps of port captains carried rankings of the Army (and military police forces) until 1973, then with Law No. 174 of April 16, 1973 those of the Navy were largely adopted.
  2. ^ With a decree of June 8, 1989, the name was expanded: Corpo delle capitanerie di porto - Guardia Costiera . On the outside, the name is usually Guardia Costiera although it only refers to the operational coastguard, i.e. to the exclusion of the older port administrations.
  3. ↑ Albo dei Comandanti, Guardia Costiera Livorno
  4. ↑ Uomini della Marina 1861-1946 on difesa.it (the damaged document is interspersed with other information)
personal data
SURNAME Diciotti, Ubaldo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sea rescuer
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucca , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1963
Place of death Rome , Italy