My name is Duilio, Caio Duilio

I had the opportunity to step on board of the italian destroyer Caio Duilio for a VIP tour hosted by her Commander. Caio Duilo is a multirole ship with the most advanced equipments for air controls, anti-aircraft warfare and defence capabilities, extending to anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare.

The ship takes her name from the 3rd century BC roman consul Gaius Duilius: he ordered the construction of 120 ships equipped with hooked bridges called corvus (latin word for crow). This innovation allowed the Romans to defeat the powerful Carthaginian fleet transforming the naval battle into a infantry combat.

Caio Duilio's motto refers to the ancient Roman tradition, in which the name acquires religious connotations: therefore "Nomen Numen" can be translated as "the name means power"… fully transmitted by the awesome technologies seen during the tour.