Taranto - The Submarine Training Center for visits to school groups and associations

22/01/14

The Submarine Training Center, named after one of its founders, the Frigate Captain of the Rio Corazzi Naval Genio, pursues the goal of better preparation of Submarinist Personnel according to the highest current standards.

Led by highly qualified instructors and thanks to futuristic simulators and teaching aids, it reproduces exactly the operating environments of the U212A class and Sauro class submarines, and has now become a must for those wishing to visit the centers of excellence of the Italian Navy.

Located in the Mar Piccolo Naval Station, in front of the quays where submarines normally moor, the Center hosted more than 2013 visitors in 2000, among which ample space was given to young students of all levels.

The Visitor has the unique opportunity to experience with great realism what it means to "go down deep", "climb to the periscope level", "steer a submarine", "look through the periscope", "listen to the phonograph of a sonar contact ", Just as if they were on board a real submarine, including the striking effects deriving from the inclination of the platform during the various evolutions.

Visitors' curiosity and attention is directed to the Sala Storica, a small museum, created thanks to the passion and farsightedness of two "sommergibilisti doc", Admiral Giuseppe Arena and the late admiral Ranieri, where precious relics that document the tradition are jealously guarded and the ultracentennial history of the MMI Submersible Component.

The visits to the Submarine Training Center and, when possible, to the submarines present in Taranto are generally carried out on Saturdays and attract visitors from outside the region, attracted by the possibility of combining this visit with the very interesting visit of the Aragonese Castle, offered free of charge by the Navy and made possible thanks to the love and commitment of another genuine submariner, Admiral Francesco Ricci, a naval historian whose fame has crossed the Atlantic. Thanks to him, the Aragonese Castle has not only been completely restored but has been the subject of in-depth studies and archaeological excavations that have brought to light the pre-existing fortified structures, gradually modernized over the centuries.

Source: Military Navy