Umberto Pugliese

Umberto Pugliese
Born(1880-01-13)January 13, 1880
Alessandria, Kingdom of Italy
DiedJuly 15, 1961(1961-07-15) (aged 81)
Sorrento, Italy
Allegiance Kingdom of Italy
Branch Regia Marina
Service years1893–1938, 1941–1945
RankGeneral of the Corps of Naval Engineering
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Umberto Pugliese (January 13, 1880, in Alessandria – July 15, 1961, in Sorrento) was a general in the Engineering Corps of the Royal Italian Navy during the 1930s. He designed the Littorio-class battleships and was the ideator of the torpedo defense system named after him.

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