Italian guided missile cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi sails past training ship Amerigo Vespucci, 1968
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVA-62) underway with the Italian Marina Militare training ship Amerigo Vespucci on 12 July 1962.
When the two ships met, the American aircraft carrier USS Independence flashed the Amerigo Vespucci with the light signal asking: "Who are you?"
The full-rigged ship answered: "Training ship Amerigo Vespucci, Italian Navy."
The Independence replied: "You are the most beautiful ship in the world."
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(fast forward sixty years)
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush alongside the Italian training ship ITS Amerigo Vespucci, Sep. 1, 2022.
The aircraft carrier saluted the training ship and commented: "You are still, after 60 years, the most beautiful ship in the world."
#i ship it, obviously
