Lloyd Triestino, long one of Italy's most powerful passenger and freight lines, lost no fewer than 68 ships and 1,000 crewmen in six years. By 1945, when at last the world's great nations let war transition to an uneasy peace, Triestino's once-mighty fleet had been reduced to 5 ships. The Company was faced with a seemingly insurmountable obstacle; to re-build, in the face of economic depression and national humiliation…
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