Word: roma
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...late afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 8, a message reached Admiral Bagliria, commander of the Italian battle fleet berthed at La Spezia. The Italian surrender had been announced. Admiral Bagliria knew what to do; his decision had been made for him. Aboard his flagship, the 35,000-ton battleship Roma, he gave an order. At 6:30 p.m. the fleet moved out of La Spezia, turned southward...
Through the twilit Ligurian Sea, into that sea which Italians lately called Mare Nostrum, the Roma sailed with the companion battleships Italia and Vittorio Veneto, six cruisers and several destroyers. From Taranto, the Italian base in the south, the older, smaller battleships Caio Duilio and Andrea Doria, two cruisers and a destroyer were sailing through the same darkness to the same destination: Malta...
...bomb struck the Roma. The crew of the helpless R.A.F. plane saw the Roma quiver, rise slightly in the water, belch smoke from her 'midships superstructure. By good aiming and luck, the bomb had touched off a powder magazine. The forward turrets with their six 15-in. guns nodded and crumpled. The hull broke, made a great V. Twenty-one minutes after the bomb hit the Roma, she sank. She was the first battleship ever sunk at sea by bombing alone...
Cruft Officers night at Pops Sunday was even bigger and better than last year. As Jesus Maria San Roma, the famous pianist, sat, fingers poised over the keys and Fieldler lifted his baton, and the whole audience sat hushed and intent on listening to Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto Number 2 in C Minor, "Pop!" went the cork of a champagne botite. A giggle gained momentum as it spread throughout Symphony Hall...
Even Colonel Fox relaxed and smiled; while Professor Chaffee looked around. Mr. Fiedler's composure was interrupted for a moment, but San Roma apparently was oblivious to the whole incident. At any rate, officers and their guests were conscious of "Why is it called 'Pops...