Officer of the Royal Italian Navy and pioneer of Italian submarine warfare
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Luigi Ferraro (3 November 1914,
Quarto dei Mille – 5 January 2006,
Genoa) was an officer of the
Royal Italian Navy and pioneer of Italian submarine warfare, most notable for his service with the commando frogman unit
Decima Flottiglia MAS.[1] In 1943 in Turkey he attacked four ships carrying chromium ore.[2] He was decorated with the gold medal for military valor for having sunk three enemy ships alone.[3]: 5
Ferraro designed a number of innovations in
scuba diving equipment for
Cressi-sub, and in 1962 with Carlos Reinberg, he founded
Technisub, a manufacturer of various underwater diving equipment.[4]
Cressi made and launched Luigi Ferraro's two most important innovations during the early 1950s. One was the "Pinocchio"
diving mask, the first mask with a rubber nose pocket enabling the fingers to pinch the nostrils, facilitating
ear equalization. The other was the Cressi Rondine, the first
swimming fin featuring a closed heel, a toe opening and an offset blade, which maximised both wearing comfort and hydrodynamic efficiency.
Officer of the Royal Italian Navy and pioneer of Italian submarine warfare
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Luigi Ferraro (3 November 1914,
Quarto dei Mille – 5 January 2006,
Genoa) was an officer of the
Royal Italian Navy and pioneer of Italian submarine warfare, most notable for his service with the commando frogman unit
Decima Flottiglia MAS.[1] In 1943 in Turkey he attacked four ships carrying chromium ore.[2] He was decorated with the gold medal for military valor for having sunk three enemy ships alone.[3]: 5
Ferraro designed a number of innovations in
scuba diving equipment for
Cressi-sub, and in 1962 with Carlos Reinberg, he founded
Technisub, a manufacturer of various underwater diving equipment.[4]
Cressi made and launched Luigi Ferraro's two most important innovations during the early 1950s. One was the "Pinocchio"
diving mask, the first mask with a rubber nose pocket enabling the fingers to pinch the nostrils, facilitating
ear equalization. The other was the Cressi Rondine, the first
swimming fin featuring a closed heel, a toe opening and an offset blade, which maximised both wearing comfort and hydrodynamic efficiency.