Historic ship from Italy anchored in Port of LA and ready for visitors

A historic Italian Navy vessel, the Amerigo Vespucci, is visiting from the European nation and anchored at the Port of Los Angeles where people are welcome to come aboard. Captain Giuseppe Lai takes KCAL News on a tour of the ship's antique interiors and gives more insight into how visitors can see the vessel for themselves.

[@paolomagni]

Interesting enough, in 1962 the captain of USS Independence declared the Amerigo Vespucci "the most beautiful ship in the world" while the two ships went by in the Mediterranean sea. In 2022, after 60 years, it was the USS George Bush that crossed the route with Amerigo Vespucci and its captain renewed the title: "After 60 years your are still the most beautiful ship in the world!".

[@FlagAnthem]

Amerigo Vespucci: _ara ara_

[@Davids6994]

Dichiarazioni inventate

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

Most beautiful ship in the world, folks.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

I thought it was the mayflower?LMFAO

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

@@user-lp1jw9bo5y 😁It still exists?

[@themaskedman221]

@@user-lp1jw9bo5y Ew, no.

[@massimozanasi]

If you would have taken a couple of minutes to show how the ship looks like from the outside, it would have been easy for the audience to understand why it is considered the most beautiful ship in the world.

[@edoardopagiaro3227]

Amerigo Vespucci, the man who named America himself.

[@isaacrimor]

and colombo the columbo tv series

[@mr.archivity]

America was named AFTER Amerigo Vespucci, he wasn’t the one to name it.

[@Benny_M_1922]

Is a joke, right?

[@edoardopagiaro3227]

Well, in either cases, you American owe your name to one of the most important Sailor in history, if sailor is annappropriate word for him. He was annesxplorer who circumnavigate all the actual central and south america

[@isaacrimor]

@@edoardopagiaro3227 usa have no history

[@Skkyyyyyyyyyyy]

Went and saw it on Monday and I can confirm… quite beautiful.

[@Neldot]

It's interesting to know that The "Amerigo Vespucci" was designed in 1930 by engineer Francesco Rotundi, lieutenant colonel of the Naval Engineers and director of the Royal Shipyards of Castellammare di Stabia (near Naples), taking up the designs of the sailing ship "Monarca", the flagship of the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

[@isaacrimor]

none....it was made by french

[@clabart]

If you have the chance, go see her on board. But it's even more beautiful to see her while sailing with her sails unfolded. I am Italian, I visited it, a few years ago, at the port of Civitavecchia, near Rome where I live.

[@riccardoperrella1231]

I'm proud to say that my friend Alberto Parma will be on board. Good luck Alberto from italian land ❤.

[@riccardo.pratesi]

It's a shame that it is no longer flanked as it once was by its sister ship, the Crisforo Colombo, which was sold to the then Soviet Union due to war damage; today they would have been a unique couple in the world!

[@AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise]

Omg if it's free, im gonna see it 💯🤗

[@Davids6994]

What if they ask you 3$, are you going back home?

[@alessandrocapozzi946]

Taccagno

[@Davids6994]

@@alessandrocapozzi946 porcodio

[@sergiom3097]

Will be there Friday evening.

[@mariosebastiani3214]

The casual way in which he stated they doubled the Horn...

[@Mirrorverse1949]

Visited on 2019, port of Ancona, IT. Great piece of art.

[@HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks.]

Amanda Starrantino… perfect interviewer for this job. Her surname is Italian just like the boat! Perfect choice.

[@johnbehneman1546]

PLEASE SHOW SOME LOVE TO THIS ITALIAN SHIP WHILE IT IS IN PORT. IN LOS ANGELES. THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!!!

[@AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise]

My daddy would've taken me to see it , miss u daddy , every single day , rest easy, and trust me , I GOT MOMMY 💯 😌🙏🫶🫵💪

[@user-nj1ob8ht3p]

go there

[@felicehomestream1650]

Done in Castellamare di Stabia. The iconic shipyard giving birth to the beautiful Gozzo :)

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@sergiom3097]

Btw, Amerigo Vespucci I believe is the namesake for the continent called "America". Not for the United States as many use it interchangeably

[@Danielreds]

It's called America because it takes its name from Amerigo. An Italian discovered it, another gave it its name, let's say that America is an Italian affair

[@adeliomoro2069]

​@@Danielreds Discovered? The natives knew they were there

[@giovannimoriggi5833]

​@@Danielreds The name America was given by a German referring to Amerigo, but absolutely not by Amerigo Vespucci itself, who was still the first to realize that continent was not Asia. And Cristoforo Colombo was working for the Spanish Royals.

[@Danielreds]

@@giovannimoriggi5833 dal nome sei Italiano percio' ti rispondo in Italiano, che cosa c'entra se il nome in onore ad Amerigo Vespucci lo ha dato un tedesco un inglese o un francese? Si chiama sempre America in onore di Amerigo Vespucci

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@Danielreds And another Giovanni Caboto (aka John Cabot) brought the English exploration and settlement, not to mention all western civilization/culture came from Italy.

[@missnessia7534]

Lovely❤❤

[@pigdroppings]

What does the ship look like?????? Just close-ups of the deck. I had to go to FOX 11 to see what the whole ship

[@adeliomoro2069]

A three mast ship

[@niceone8883]

As an Italian yes the shop is beautiful but the interviewer is just gorgeous

[@marcello_fi]

Meravigliosa! L' Amerigo Vespucci è un'opera d'arte. ❤️🇮🇹

[@HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks.]

Cristoforo Colombo discovered it (maybe some Indians discovered America before him, but it’s thanks to Colombo that USA exists, he said to Europeans that there was a land over the ocean and the immigration started. Without him, there wouldn’t be any USA) Amerigo Vespucci named it, Giovanni da Verrazzano discovered New York Bay… let’s say it’s an Italian affair. 🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸

[@matteostocchero1488]

There was a twin ship, named Colombo. It was given to the USSR after WW2 as a reparation to the winning countries. After using it as a training ship, just like the Amerigo, the USSR did not carry out maintenance, transformed it into a merchant ship to transport wood, which eventially caught fire, damaging the ship for good. It was demolished around the 70's

[@riccardomallardo7779]

The Colombo also had a painting on boars of Columbus landing in Salvador, the night before the ship got delivered to the ussr a bunch of italian navy veterans sneaked on board and stole it, now it's on the Vespucci snd it's the only thing left of the Colombo

[@edigabrieli7864]

My buddy Salvatore Mazzella who now live in Yonkers NY served on this ship from 1951 to 1955 and got pics to prove it.

[@isaacrimor]

Ammericani, non preocupp we are your colonia. We loveyou ..! thank you 4 your service to free the world

[@nembokid19]

The best ship in the world, you can only copy🇮🇹

[@piter6076]

Dimmi che hai 5 anni

[@ad_astra468]

Non capisco perché devi tirare giù gli Americani scrivendo “you can only copy” alla fine del tuo commento. È irrispettoso e insensato, per favore editalo via dal tuo commento che ci fai fare brutta figura.

[@nembokid19]

@@ad_astra468 perché pensano di essere superiori in tutto, invece ci allacciano solo le scarpe

[@ad_astra468]

@@nembokid19 Intanto hanno praticamente organizzato una fiera intorno alla nave Amerigo Vespucci, questo è un segno di umiltà. Poi non è vero che ci "allacciano solo le scarpe" quando hanno delle navi senza pari come la portaerei Gerald Ford. Certo ci sono degli Americani sbruffoni ma mica è una giustificazione per essere sbruffoni a propria volta.

[@andreaandrea497]

@@nembokid19 qualche libro di storia lo leggete negli stati uniti? o l i usate solo per figura nelle librerie?

[@johnbehneman1546]

HISTORICAL PREDERVATION IS HOT IN 2024 AND 2025!!!!

[@jacopofbargellini4005]

Well she forgot to say, probably she doesnt even know, that Amerigo vespucci is the one who gave his name to your continent: AMERICA: the land of AMERIGO

[@mr.archivity]

America was named AFTER Vespucci, he wasn’t the one to name it

[@jacopofbargellini4005]

@@mr.archivity Doesnt matter, the point is That America is called this way in honour to Amerigo

[@juottavi]

I cannot believe they were not able to show the stunning vessel in the footage. I hope it is only a part of the news ….

[@pasqualesante9236]

Usa-Italy friendship forever! 🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸

[@LuisaPentassuglia-fu6fx]

Si ma in Europa.. Saltiamo per aria noi.. Amico.....

[@damsc9232]

Se, friendship...colonia sarebbe piu azzeccato credo.

[@Eagleeye589]

Amico dei cowboy?? MANCO PER IL KAZZ

[@Benny_M_1922]

​@@Eagleeye589 Però detto da uno con l'immagine dell'aquila calva americana e il nickname in inglese fa ridere

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Rip Uss Independence. Loved and will always love Vess even in death

[@FlagAnthem]

shipping ships?

[@piergirolamogaudenzi271]

America from Amerigo....

[@mennio100]

720p, really?!

[@mellilore]

The Amerigo Vespucci came with a sister ship, the "Cristoforo Colombo". Unfortunately the latter was handed over to the Soviet Union as part of the war reparations demanded by the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty and those useless people managed to total her

[@guycalabrese4040]

Why no view from the outside? This journalist just wanted to show her nice "heini". Not the ship.

[@patroooo]

Beautiful piece of art. Pity Stalin requested the sister of the Amerigo Vespucci, the Cristoforo Colombo as reparation. The soviets had no usage for it, they ended up using it like a barge to carry wood logs, before to scrap it in one of the shipyards in nowaday Ukraine.

[@salvatoregargiulo1510]

Amergio Vespucci

[@lorenzoarevalo2537]

Valientes los marinos italianos. Han tardado 500 años en atravesar el cabo de Hornos a vela.

[@EurofighterTyphoon1976]

Madonna mia non si può sentire Amerigo Vespucci pronunciato da un'americana 🤣 il bello che la signora dal cognome ha pure origini italiane probabilmente.

[@thunder881]

Amerigo vespucci is actually why the american continent is called America.

[@lorenzoarevalo2537]

premio

[@lucaludergnani4246]

Is not the rudder Mate, it's the helm, or wheel!!!! What a shame the captain of the Amerigo Vespucci to mess the name of the vessel in english! 😂😂😂

[@barry5101]

Maybe becouse he is italian and english is his second language? diocan

[@lucaludergnani4246]

Un capitano deve sapere l'inglese, ignorant ​@@barry5101

[@gillesderais834]

@@barry5101 ha ragione, cazza la randa

[@asellandrofacchio7263]

I'd like to watch an American captain trying to describe his ship's components in Italian. Wonder how it would go...

[@lucaludergnani4246]

@@asellandrofacchio7263 here he comes another one! English is the language of International ship industries, and even more for the Navy of a country which is member of NATO.

[@Jarni1979]

Actually Amerigo Vespucci named your continent.

[@domenicozagari2443]

I hope it comes to Australia.

[@edigabrieli7864]

Its coming.... the Vespucci a year ago started a world tour and now they are visiting the Pacific I'm sure is stopping Down Under.

[@Strato13]

A very beautiful ship. It is a very rare opportunity to see it and board it. Was a worth the line, and as a bonus, the Frecce Tricolori will be there on the 6th doing a quick airshow. I was lucky enough to have seen their fly by a couple of days ago. 💚🤍❤️🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹

[@dbevit]

Your Country is named after that man. You should have said that...

[@frank-ko6de]

I don't like the interviewer, she was very abrupt and pushy. Very typical Italian-American.

[@marcobeardo1410]

This is the typical silly stereotype.

[@barry5101]

its an average american interwiew.....

[@user-dw9mw3ft3v]

Non sarebbe stato un americano se non avesse fatto uno stereotipo stupido, hanno il complesso di superiorità

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Very typical dumb comment

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Because she only had a very limited time to do the interview, keep the stupid stereotypes.

[@fiodortrotski5776]

Video bellissimo, sottotitoli in italiano penosi!!

[@sk8city476]

Sono generati automaticamente da youtube, per quello fanno pena. Se sai un po' di inglese, la conduttrice non parla difficile.