On Friday, April 4, Nave Vespucci will land in the port of Ortona and will be welcomed by Toto Holding, a partner for the Adriatic Abruzzo stop on the 2025 Mediterranean Tour of the “most beautiful ship in the world.”
The flattering definition used for this sailing ship sends the hands of time back to 1962 when in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea Nave Vespucci crossed paths with the American aircraft carrier USS Independence. The Americans asked for identification and the answer was, “Nave Scuola Amerigo Vespucci, Marina Militare Italiana,” so from the aircraft carrier came the response that has remained in history, “You are the mostbeautifulship in the world.”
But it doesn’t end there because the Americans once again took care of reinforcing the definition a full 60 years after the first one. In 2022 the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush crossed paths with Nave Vespucci in the Adriatic Sea and the commander radioed to ask if it was the Italian Navy’s sailing ship Amerigo Vespucci. Upon receiving a yes, the response from the aircraft carrier was, “After 60 years you’re still the most beautiful ship in the world.”
Built in the Castellammare di Stabia shipyards, the Amerigo Vespucci was launched in 1931 and to date is the Navy’s oldest ship. It is the ship on which the training of Navy cadets takes place, and for more than 30 years it has been developing its commitment to environmental protection through collaborations withUnicef, Marevivo and WWF, also with diplomatic missions it is Italy’s ambassador to the world.
The Americans are right, Nave Vespucci is indeed the most beautiful ship in the world. All-Italian excellence encapsulated in its motto: “Not he who begins but that which perseveres” and Toto Holding is proud of a partnership that reinforces its being “Innovators by tradition.”.
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