| Navy | The Italian Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Flutto |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (Montfalcone, Italy) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 10 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 7 May 1943 |
| End service | 1 Feb 1948 |
| History | Marea, SubLt Attilio Russo, carried out 2 secret missions on behalf of the Allies after Italy switched sides. Only the first has been fully documented, the paperwork for the second one has been destroyed. See below for details of the missions. As with all surviving Italian subs, marea was stricken 1 February 1948, the Peace Treaty allocated her to the Soviet Union as war reparations, her new designation and further fate are unknown. |
| Career notes | To Soviet Union as ?? |
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Notable events involving Marea include:
3 Nov 1943
Marea (SubLt Attilio Russo) sailed from Brindisi carrying the Chief of the Italian Navy Intelligence Division, Lcdr Raoul Galletti and 6 "civilian personnel" constituting 2 "cells".
At 2335/5 November, Marea approached Cortellazzo Lighthouse, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Piave river, north of Venezia. The lighthouse, the keeper probably having heard the noise from the sub's diesels, switched the beacon on and allowed the sub to make perfect landfall. She grounded gently in 6 m (20') of water, 1? miles SW of the lighthouse. The sea state, however, convinced the passengers it would be impossible to reach the coast, the boat then moved to deeper water and sat on the bottom until 1830/6.
Onsurfacing, a plane overflew her & she went deep until 2030 hrs but, on resurfacing another aircraft passed directly overhead. Considering the mission compromised, the Intelligence Chief decided to land the passengers farther south, so an area near Cattolica was selected and the disembarkation executed without further problems. Marea returned to Brindisi @ 0645 of 9 November
23 Dec 1943
Marea sailed again from Brindisi at 0800 hrs of 23 December and landed civilian passengers somewhere on the coast of German-controlled Italy. The records of this operation have not survived, the sub was back in Brindisi @ 0824/29 December.
2 Oct 1944
Marea departed Port Everglades, Florida, USA for Key West, Florida, USA.
3 Oct 1944
Marea arrived at Key West, Florida, USA from Port Everglades, Florida, USA.
11 Oct 1944
Marea departed Key West, Florida, USA for Port Everglades, Florida, USA.
12 Oct 1944
Marea arrived at Port Everglades, Florida, USA from Key West, Florida, USA.
17 Dec 1944
Marea departed Port Everglades, Florida, USA for Key West, Florida, USA.
18 Dec 1944
Marea arrived at Key West, Florida, USA from Port Everglades, Florida, USA for a routine docking.
2 Jan 1945
Marea departed Key West, Florida, USA for Port Everglades, Florida, USA.
3 Jan 1945
Marea arrived Port Everglades, Florida, USA.
2 Feb 1945
Marea departed Port Everglades, Florida for the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
8 Feb 1945
Marea arrived at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
22 Jun 1945
Marea departed New London, Connecticut for Port Everglades, Florida.
28 Jun 1945
Marea arrived at Port Everglades, Florida from New London, Connecticut.
19 Aug 1945
Marea departed Port Everglades, Florida, USA for Key West, Florida, USA.
20 Aug 1945
Marea arrived at Key West, Florida, USA from Port Everglades, Florida, USA.
30 Aug 1945
Marea departed Key West, Florida, USA for Port Everglades, Florida, USA.
31 Aug 1945
Marea arrived at Port Everglades, Florida, USA from Key West, Florida, USA.