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{{short description|Italian Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer}}
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|Ship namesake=[[Giuseppe Cesare Abba]] (1838–1910), Italian patriot
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|Ship class = {{sclass|Rosolino Pilo|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement =*912 tons (max)
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*4 × [[Thornycroft]] boilers
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*4 × 1 [[Cannon 76/40 Model 1916]]
*2 × 1 [[Cannon 76/40 Model 1916|76mm/30]] AA
*4 × 1 {{cvt|450|mm|1}} [[torpedo tube]]s
*10 [[Naval mine|mine]]s
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*5 × 1 [[Cannon 102/35 Model 1914|{{Convert|102|mm|in|abbr=on}}/35]] guns
*2 × 1 - [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|40 mm/39]] AA
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'''''Giuseppe Cesare Abba''''' was an Italian {{sclass|Rosolino Pilo|destroyer|0}} [[destroyer]]. [[Ship commissioning|Commissioned]] into service in the Italian {{lang|it|[[Regia Marina]]}} (Royal Navy) in 1915, she served in [[World War I]], playing an active role in the [[Adriatic Campaign of World War I|Adriatic campaign]]. Reclassified as a [[torpedo boat]] in 1929, she participated in the [[Battle of the Mediterranean|Mediterranean]] and [[Adriatic campaign of World War II|Adriatic]] campaigns of [[World War II]]. In 1943, she switched to the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] side, operating as part of the [[Italian Co-belligerent Navy]] for the remainder of the war. She served in the postwar [[Italian Navy]] (''Marina Miltare'') and was reclassified as a [[minesweeper]] in 1954. She was stricken in 1958.

==Construction and commissioning==
''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] at the {{lang|it|[[Cantieri navali Odero]]}} ({{langx|en|Odero [[Shipyard]]}}) in [[Sestri Ponente]], [[Italy]], on 19&nbsp;August&nbsp;1913. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 25&nbsp;May&nbsp;1915 and completed and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 6&nbsp;July&nbsp;1915.{{sfn|Fraccaroli|1970|p=72}}

==Service history==
===World War I===
====1915====
[[World War I]] broke out in 1914, and the [[Kingdom of Italy]] entered the war on the side of the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] with its [[declaration of war]] on [[Austria-Hungary]] on 23&nbsp;May&nbsp;1915. ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' was commissioned just over seven weeks after Italy declared war. On the night of {{nowrap|12–13 August 1915,}} ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', serving as [[flagship]] of her [[Squadron (naval)|squadron]], got underway with her [[sister ship]] {{ship|Italian destroyer|Antonio Mosto||2}} and the [[French Navy]] destroyer {{ship|French destroyer|Bisson||2}} to search for the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] [[submarine]] ''[[SM U-3 (Austria-Hungary)|U-3]]'', which had made an unsuccessful attack on the Italian [[auxiliary cruiser]] {{ship|Italian cruiser|Città di Catania||2}} in the [[Adriatic Sea]] east of [[Brindisi]], Italy.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}} Arranged in a radial pattern, the three destroyers first followed the route between the point of the attack and the Austro-Hungarian Navy base at [[Kotor|Cattaro]], then [[zigzag]]ged in a northerly direction, and then headed south. At 04:52 on 13 August, ''Bisson'' sighted ''U-3'' — which had suffered a mechanical breakdown – on the surface and sank her with gunfire. ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' rushed to the scene upon receiving the report of the sighting, arriving in time to see ''U-3'' sink.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

On the afternoon of 6&nbsp;December&nbsp;1915, ''Giuseppe&nbsp;Cesare&nbsp;Abba'', the protected cruiser {{ship|Italian cruiser|Quarto||2}}, the scout cruiser {{ship|Italian cruiser|Guglielmo Pepe||2}}, the auxiliary cruiser {{ship|auxiliary cruiser|Città di Catania||2}}, the [[minelayer]]s {{ship|Italian cruiser|Minerva||2}} and {{ship|Italian cruiser|Partenope||2}}, and the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Borea|1902|2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Nullo|1914|2}}, and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ippolito Nievo||2}} departed [[Taranto]], Italy, to escort a [[convoy]] to [[Vlorë]] (known to the Italians as Valona) in the [[Principality of Albania]]. The convoy — made up of the [[troopship]]s {{SS|America|1908|2}}, {{SS|Cordova||2}}, {{SS|Dante Alighieri||2}}, and {{SS|Indiana|1905|2}} — carried 400 [[Commissioned officer|officers]], 6,300 [[non-commissioned officer]]s and soldiers, and 1,200 [[draft animal]]s. The convoy reached Vlorë at 08:00 on 7&nbsp;December&nbsp;1915.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iantdexpeditions.com/spedizioni/in2007/stor22.htm| title=Galleria Intrepido 2007|language=it}}</ref>

At approximately 09:00 on 29&nbsp;December&nbsp;1915 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' and other destroyers departed Brindisi with the protected cruiser {{ship|Italian cruiser|Nino Bixio||2}} and the British [[Royal Navy]] [[light cruiser]] {{HMS|Weymouth|1910|6}} to join other formations of Allied [[warship]]s in pursuing an Austro-Hungarian force composed of the [[scout cruiser]] {{SMS|Helgoland|1912|2}} and the destroyers {{SMS|Balaton||2}}, {{SMS|Csepel||2}}, {{SMS|Lika||2}}, {{SMS|Tátra||2}}, and {{SMS|Triglav|1913|2}}, which had bombarded the harbor at [[Durrës]] (known to the Italians as Durazzo) on the coast Albania, sinking the Greek [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|Mikael||2}} and two [[sailing ship]]s while losing ''Lika'', which struck a [[Naval mine|mine]]. ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' did not play a significant role in the subsequent clash, known as the [[Battle of Durazzo (1915)|First Battle of Durazzo]], in which ''Helgoland'' and British and French [[cruiser]]s suffered minor damage and French destroyers sank ''Triglav''.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

====1916====

On the night of {{nowrap|25–26 June 1916,}} while the protected cruiser {{ship|Italian cruiser|Marsala||2}} and the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Audace|1913|2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Impavido|1913|2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Insidioso||2}}, and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Irrequieto||2}} operated in distant support, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' and the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Antonio Mosto||2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Pilade Bronzetti||2}}, and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Rosolino Pilo||2}} escorted the coastal [[torpedo boat]]s {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|34 PN||2}}}} and {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|36 PN||2}}}} as ''34 PN'' and ''36 PN'' towed the [[motor torpedo boat]]s ''[[MAS (motorboat)|MAS]]&nbsp;5'' and ''MAS&nbsp;7'' to a point {{convert|2.5|nmi|lk=in}} off Durrës. ''MAS&nbsp;5'' and ''MAS&nbsp;7'' then dropped their tow cables at 00:15 on 26&nbsp;June and raided the harbor at Durrës, launching [[torpedo]]es at 01:45 and rejoining ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba''′s formation at 02:40. The attack resulted in serious damage to the 1,111-[[gross register ton]] [[steamship]] {{SS|Sarajevo||2}}, and all the Italian ships returned to base safely.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

On 3&nbsp;August&nbsp;1916 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', under the command of ''Capitano di fregata'' ([[Frigate captain|Frigate Captain]]) Petrelluzzi, got underway with the destroyer {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardente||2}} to support an attack by nine aircraft against Durrës, but during their voyage to the Albanian coast the two ships were diverted to [[Molfetta]], Italy, which had come under bombardment by an Austro-Hungarian force composed of the light cruiser {{SMS|Aspern||2}}, the destroyers {{SMS|Warasdiner||2}} and {{SMS|Wildfang||2}}, and the torpedo boats {{nowrap|{{ship|Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat|TB 80||2}}}} and {{nowrap|{{ship|Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat|TB 85||2}}}}.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}} ''Ardente'' suffered a mechanical breakdown and had to fall back to join a French destroyer squadron led by the destroyer {{ship|French destroyer|Commandant Bory||2}}, which was coming up to reinforce the Italian ships. Meanwhile ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' continued alone even after sighting the Austro-Hungarian submarine ''[[SM U-20 (Austria-Hungary)|U-20]]'' at 08:20.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}} She sighted the Austro-Hungarian ships at 09:00 and tried to close with them to open fire, but the much larger and better-armed ''Aspern'' thwarted ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' by placing herself between the Italian ship and the Austro-Hungarian torpedo boats. The French destroyer squadron arrived on the scene and joined the pursuit, but the Allied ships gave up the chase when the Austro-Hungarian ships reached a point only {{convert|16|nmi|lk=in}} from Cattaro.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

During the night of {{nowrap|3–4 November 1916}} ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', ''Ippolito Nievo'', and ''Rosolino Pilo'' escorted ''34 PN'' and the coastal torpedo boats {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|35 PN||2}}}} and {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|37 PN||2}}}} as they towed the motor torpedo boats ''MAS&nbsp;6'' and ''MAS&nbsp;7'' for another attack on Durrës, which failed because of the presence of [[torpedo net]]s in the harbor.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

At 23:00 on 22&nbsp;December&nbsp;1916 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', ''Ippolito Nievo'', and ''Rosolino Pilo'' got underway from Brindisi and headed for [[Cape Rodoni]] to intercept the Austro-Hungarian destroyers {{SMS|Dinara||2}}, {{SMS|Reka||2}}, {{SMS|Scharfschutze||2}}, and {{SMS|Velebit||2}}, which had attacked the [[Otranto Barrage]] in the [[Strait of Otranto]] and were returning to Cattaro after a clash with the [[French Navy]] destroyers {{ship|French destroyer|Boutefeu||2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Casque|1910|2}}, ''Commandant Bory'', {{ship|French destroyer|Commandant Rivière||2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Dehorter||2}}, and {{ship|French destroyer|Protet||2}}. The Italian destroyers did not find the Austro-Hungarian ships, but did encounter the French destroyers. The two groups of Allied ships were unable to coordinate their maneuvers and confusion ensued. At 01:40 on 23&nbsp;December ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' sighted smoke on her [[Port and starboard|port]] [[Bow (ship)|bow]] and turned north to investigate, accelerating to full speed. After recognizing ''Dehorter'' and ''Protet'', she sighted ''Casque'' approachng her, but too late to avoid a collision, although neither ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' or ''Casque'' suffered serious damage.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}} ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' backed away from ''Casque'' after the collision and was maneuvering in reverse when ''Boutefeu'', which had narrowly avoided collisions with ''Ippolito Nievo'' and ''Rosolino Pilo'', rammed ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', killing a man who went missing.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}} Again the damage was not serious, and all three damaged destroyers returned to port.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

====1917====

On 11&nbsp;May&nbsp;1917 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' got underway from [[Venice]] with ''Ardente'', the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Animoso|1913|2}} and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardito|1912|2}}, and the new destroyer {{ship|Italian destroyer|Audace|1916|2}} to intercept an Austro-Hungarian Navy force consisting of the destroyer {{SMS|Csikos||2}} and the torpedo boats {{SMS|78 T||2}}, {{SMS|93 T||2}}, and {{SMS|96 T||2}}. They sighted the Austro-Hungarian ships at 15:30 at a range of about {{convert|10,000|m|yd|sigfig=3|sp=us}} but were unable to engage the Austro-Hungarian ships before they escaped behind the protection of a [[naval mine|minefield]] near the major Austro-Hungarian Navy base at [[Pula|Pola]], and after approaching Pola the Italian ships gave up the chase and returned to Venice.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

On the night of 13–14 August 1917 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' left Venice with ''Animoso'', ''Ardente'', ''Audace'',  and the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Carabiniere|1909|2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Stocco||2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Giovanni Acerbi||2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe Sirtori||2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Pontiere||2}}, and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Vincenzo Giordano Orsini||2}} to intercept an Austro-Hungarian force made up of the destroyers {{SMS|Dinara||2}}, {{SMS|Reka||2}}, {{SMS|Sharfschutze||2}}, {{SMS|Streiter||2}}, and {{SMS|Velebit||2}} and six torpedo boats which had supported an air raid by 32 aircraft against the [[fortress]] of Venice which had struck San Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, killing 14 people and injuring around 30 others. Only ''Vincenzo Giordano Orsini'' managed to make brief and fleeting contact with the Austro-Hungarian ships before they escaped.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

On 29&nbsp;September&nbsp;1917 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' put to sea with ''Francesco Stocco'', ''Giovanni Acerbi'', ''Vincenzo Giordano Orsini'', the [[scout cruiser]] ''[[NMS Mărăști|Sparviero]]'' and a second formation made up of ''Ardente'', ''Ardito'' and ''Audace'' to support a [[Aerial bombing|bombing]] raid by 10 Italian airplanes against Pola. They encountered an Austro-Hungarian force composed of ''Streiter'', ''Velebit'', the destroyers {{SMS|Huszár||2}} and {{SMS|Turul||2}}, and four torpedo boats on a similar mission against an Italian airbase. The Italians opened fire just before midnight at a range of {{convert|3000|m|yd|abbr=off}}, but received the worst of the initial exchange as the Austro-Hungarians concentrated their fire on the leading ship, ''Sparviero''. ''Sparviero'' was hit five times, but only three men were wounded, and one Italian destroyer was hit. As the Austro-Hungarians retreated towards the shelter of their [[minefield]]s, the Italians crippled ''Velebit'' and set her on fire. Another Austro-Hungarian destroyer took her in tow and both sides returned to port after an inconclusive exchange of fire inside the minefields later that night during the predawn hours of 30&nbsp;September.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

On 16&nbsp;November&nbsp;1917 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', ''Animoso'', ''Ardente'', ''Audace'', ''Francesco Stocco'', ''Giovanni Acerbi'', and ''Vincenzo Giordano Orsini'' got underway to respond to a bombardment carried out by the Austro-Hungarian [[coastal defense ship]]s {{SMS|Wien||2}} and {{SMS|Budapest||2}} against Italian [[Artillery battery|artillery batteries]] and other [[Coastal defence and fortification|coastal defenses]] at [[Cortellazzo]], near the mouth of the [[Piave River]]. The destroyers supported an attack by the Italian motor torpedo boats ''MAS&nbsp;13'' and ''MAS&nbsp;15'' which, together with attacks by Italian aircraft and the Italian submarines {{ship|Italian submarine|F11||2}} and {{ship|Italian submarine|F13||2}}, disrupted the bombardment and forced the two Austro-Hungarian ships to withdraw.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}{{sfn|Cernuschi & O'Hara|pp=67–68}} On 18&nbsp;November&nbsp;1917 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', ''Animoso'', ''Ardente'', and ''Audace'' bombarded the Austrian-Hungarian lines on the [[Italian front (World War I)|Italian front]] between [[Caorle]] and [[Revedoli]].{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}{{sfn|Cernuschi & O'Hara|pp=67–68}}

On 28&nbsp;November&nbsp;1917, an Austro-Hungarian Navy force consisting of ''Dinara'', ''Huszar'', ''Reka'', ''Streiter'', the destroyers {{SMS|Dikla||2}} and {{SMS|Triglav|1917|2}}, and the torpedo boats {{SMS|TB 78||2}}, {{SMS|TB 79||2}},  {{SMS|TB 86||2}}, and  {{SMS|TB 90||2}} attacked the Italian coast. While ''Dikla'', ''Huszar'', ''Streiter'' and the torpedo boats unsuccessfully attacked first [[Porto Corsini]] and then [[Rimini]], ''Dinara'', ''Reka'', and ''Triglav'' bombarded a [[railway]] near the mouth of the [[Metauro]], damaging a [[train]], the railway tracks, and [[telegraph]] lines. The Austro-Hungarian ships then reunited and headed back to the main Austro-Hungarian naval base at Pola. ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', ''Animoso'', ''Ardente'', ''Ardito'', ''Audace'', ''Francesco Stocco'', ''Giovanni Acerbi'', ''Giuseppe Sirtori'', ''Sparviero'', ''Vincenzo Giordano Orsini'', and the scout cruiser {{ship|Italian destroyer|Aquila||2}} departed Venice and, together with [[Reconnaissance aircraft|reconnaissance]] [[seaplane]]s, pursued the Austro-Hungarian formation. The seaplanes attacked the Austro-Hungarians without success, and the Italian ships had to give up the chase when they did not sight the Austro-Hungarians until they neared [[Cape Promontore]] on the southern coast of [[Istria]], as continuing beyond it would bring them too close to Pola.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

====1918====
On 10&nbsp;February&nbsp;1918, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', ''Animoso'', and ''Audace'' departed Venice to participate in a raid on [[Bakar, Croatia|Bakar]] (known to the Italians as Buccari) on the coast of Austria-Hungary. While ''Ardente'', ''Ardito'', ''Francesco Stocco'', ''Giovanni Acerbi'', ''Giuseppe Sirtori'', and the scout cruiser {{ship|Italian cruiser|Aquila||2}} stood by at [[Porto Levante]] in case they needed to support the operation, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', ''Animoso'', and ''Audace'' towed the motor torpedo boats ''MAS&nbsp;94'', ''MAS&nbsp;95'', and ''MAS&nbsp;96'' to the pre-established "Point O," {{convert|20|nmi|lk=in}} east of [[Sansego]], where they passed their tow cables to the coastal torpedo boats {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|12 PN||2}}}}, {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|13 PN||2}}}}, and {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|18 PN||2}}}}, then cruised {{convert|50|nmi|0}} off [[Ancona]] while the coastal torpedo boats towed the MAS boats closer to the coast and the MAS boats carried out the raid. The results of the raid — damage to one steamer — were militarily insignificant, but the raid was of great [[propaganda]] value in Italy, where it was celebrated widely as the "[[Bakar mockery]]" (''Beffa di Buccari''), aspects of which the [[Italian nationalism|Italian nationalist]] [[poet]] [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], who took part in the raid, orchestrated.{{sfn|Favre|pp=108, 114, 146–148, 156, 160, 190–191, 207, 220–222, 271, 273}}

By late October&nbsp;1918, Austria-Hungary had effectively disintegrated, and the [[Armistice of Villa Giusti]], signed on 3&nbsp;November&nbsp;1918, went into effect on 4&nbsp;November&nbsp;1918 and brought hostilities between Austria-Hungary and the Allies to an end. At 18:10 on 3&nbsp;November ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', under the command of an [[Commissioned officer|officer]] named Portaluppi, and the coastal torpedo boats {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|65 PN||2}}}} and {{nowrap|{{ship|Italian torpedo boat|66 PN||2}}}} arrived at [[Poreč]] (known to the Italians as Parenzo), where the local, mostly [[Italians|Italian]] population welcomed their crews enthusiastically. After occupying the city and disarming its former Austro-Hungarian fortifications, the three ships departed on 4&nbsp;November.<ref name="La Racine-SM">{{cite magazine|last=La Racine |first= R. B. |title= In Adriatico subito dopo la vittoria |language=it|magazine= Storia Militare |number= 210 |date= March 2011}}</ref> On 5&nbsp;November&nbsp;1918, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', ''Rosolino Pilo'', the [[battleship]] {{ship|Italian battleship|Ammiraglio di Saint Bon||2}}, and the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe La Masa||2}} and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe Missori||2}} entered the port at Pola, the site of an important Austro-Hungarian Navy base, after which units embarked on the ships occupied the city over the following days.<ref name="La Racine-SM"/> World War I ended with an [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|armistice]] between the Allies and the [[German Empire]] on 11&nbsp;November&nbsp;1918.

===Interwar period===
At the end of November 1918 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' escorted two steamers loaded with [[Austrians|Austrian]], [[Germans|German]], and [[Polish people|Polish]] soldiers from [[Rijeka|Fiume]] to Venice.<ref name="La Racine-SM"/> Not long afterward, her armament was revised, giving her five {{convert|102|mm|0|adj=on}}/35-[[caliber]] guns, two {{convert|40|mm|adj=on}}/35-caliber guns, and four {{convert|450|mm|1|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s,<ref name="Marina Militare">[http://www.marina.difesa.it/storiacultura/storia/almanacco/Pagine/ABCD/abba.aspx Marina Militare<!-- Title generated automatically -->] (in Italian).</ref> and, according to some sources, two {{convert|65|mm|adj=on}} [[machine gun]]s.<ref name=navypedia>[http://www.navypedia.org/ships/italy/it_dd_pilo.htm Da Navypedia.]</ref> Her full-load displacement rose to {{convert|900|t|lt|0|abbr=off}}.<ref name="Marina Militare"/>

On the morning of 6&nbsp;August&nbsp;1928 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', serving as [[flagship]] of the 5th Destroyer [[Flotilla]], got underway from Poreč (Parenzo) to take part with numerous other ships in an exercise in the Adriatic Sea. Plans called for the flotilla to escort the light cruiser ''[[SMS Helgoland (1912)|Brindisi]]'' and scout cruiser ''Aquila'' while they cruised from Poreč to Pola and back and included a simulated attack on the formation by the submarines {{ship|Italian submarine|F14||2}} and {{ship|Italian submarine|F15||2}}.<ref name="Agonia e morte di un sommergibile">{{cite web | url=http://www.grupsom.com/Sommergibili/F14/TragediaF14.html | title= Regio Sommergibile F 14. Agonia e morte di un sommergibile | access-date=17 June 2011 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115939/http://www.grupsom.com/Sommergibili/F14/TragediaF14.html | language=it}}</ref><ref name="Giorgerini">Giorgio Giorgerini, ''Uomini sul fondo. Storia del sommergibilismo italiano dalle origini a oggi'', pp. 109–111 (in Italian).</ref> At 08:40, under clear skies, with rough seas and rising winds, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' sighted ''F14''′s [[periscope]] only a few meters off her [[Port and starboard|starboard]] [[Beam (ship)|beam]], and signaled "submarine to starboard abeam" to the other ships, making no mention of the ''F14''′s proximity to her.<ref name="Agonia e morte di un sommergibile"/><ref name="Giorgerini"/> Her signal prompted the crew of ''Giuseppe Missori'', a short distance astern of ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'', to focus attention to starboard of their ship, the apparent direction of the expected simulated attack, rather than ahead, where ''F14'' had been sighted just abeam of ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba''.<ref name="Agonia e morte di un sommergibile"/><ref name="Giorgerini"/> By the time ''Giuseppe Missori''′s crew sighted ''F14'' ahead of their ship, the two vessels were only {{convert|160|to|180|m|yd|sigfig=2}} apart. Both ''Giuseppe Missori'' and ''F14'' took evasive action, but too late to avoid a collision, and ''Giuseppe Missori'' rammed ''F14''.<ref name="Agonia e morte di un sommergibile"/><ref name="Giorgerini"/> ''F14'' sank quickly {{convert|7|nmi}} west of the [[Brijuni]] [[archipelago]].<ref name="Agonia e morte di un sommergibile"/><ref name="Giorgerini"/> Efforts to rescue men trapped aboard the wreck of ''F14'' failed, and they eventually died of asphyxiation by [[carbon dioxide]] and [[chlorine gas]].<ref name="Agonia e morte di un sommergibile"/><ref name="Giorgerini"/><ref name="trentoincinamissori">{{cite web|url=http://www.trentoincina.it/dbunita2.php?short_name{{=}}Missori |title=Torpediniera Giuseppe Missori |language=it}}</ref>

''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' was reclassified as a torpedo boat on 1&nbsp;October&nbsp;1929.<ref name="Marina Militare"/>

===World War II===
====1940–1942====
[[World War II]] broke out in September 1939 with [[Nazi Germany]]'s [[invasion of Poland]]. Italy joined the war on the side of the [[Axis powers]] with its [[Italian invasion of France|invasion of France]] on 10&nbsp;June&nbsp;1940. At the time, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' was part of the 5th Torpedo Boat Squadron, along with the torpedo boats {{ship|Italian submarine chaser|Albatros||2}}, ''[[Italian destroyer Pilade Bronzetti|Giuseppe Dezza]]'', {{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe La Farina||2}}, and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Simone Schiaffino||2}}. During the war, she mainly served as an escort,<ref name=trentoincinaabba>{{cite web|url=http://www.trentoincina.it/dbunita2.php?short_name{{=}}Abba| title=Torpediniera Cesare Abba|language=it}}</ref> initially operating in the southern [[Tyrrhenian Sea]].<ref name="studi storici Anapoli">{{Cite web |url=http://www.studistoricianapoli.it/dettaglio_ente.php?id=267 |title=Studi storici Anapoli - Dettaglio ente<!-- Title generated automatically --> |access-date=1 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103949/http://www.studistoricianapoli.it/dettaglio_ente.php?id=267 |archive-date=4 March 2016 | language=it}}</ref>

In July&nbsp;1940,''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' took part in Operation TCM, the escort of the first large convoy from Italy to [[Italian Libya|Libya]], consisting of the [[troopship]]s ''Calitea'', with 619 soldiers aboard, and ''Esperia'', carrying 1,571 troops, and the modern [[cargo ship]]s ''Francesco Barbaro'', ''Marco Foscarini'', and ''Vettor Pisani'', whose combined cargo consisted of 232 vehicles, {{convert|5,720|t|0|abbr=off}} of fuels and lubricants, and {{convert|10,445|t|0|abbr=off}} of other materials.{{sfn|Giorgerini|pp=168, 452}} After the rest of the convoy got underway from [[Naples]] at 19:45 on 6&nbsp;July, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' and her sister ship ''Rosolino Pilo'' left [[Catania]] on 7&nbsp;July escorting ''Francesco Barbaro''. After rendezvousing with the rest of the convoy, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' and ''Rosolino Pilo'' became part of the direct escort along with the 14th Torpedo Boat Squadron, consisting of the torpedo boats {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Orione|1937|2}}, {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Orsa|1937|2}}, {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Pegaso|1936|2}}, and {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Procione|1937|2}}. With the light cruisers {{ship|Italian cruiser|Giovanni dalle Bande Nere||2}} and {{ship|Italian cruiser|Bartolomeo Colleoni||2}} and the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Grecale||2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Libeccio||2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Maestrale||2}}, and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Scirocco||2}} in distant support,{{sfn|Giorgerini|pp=168, 452}}<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4007-20JUL01.htm Battle of Britain July 1940<!-- Title generated automatically -->]</ref> the convoy arrived safely at [[Benghazi]], Libya, on 8&nbsp;July.{{sfn|Giorgerini|pp=168, 452}}

On {{nowrap|2 and 3 September 1940}} ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' escorted the [[troopship]]s {{SS|Città di Livorno||2}} and {{SS|Priaruggia||2}} along the Libyan coast from [[Tobruk]] to Benghazi.{{sfn|Giorgerini|p=454}} 

''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' was at Vlorë on the coast of the [[Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)|Italian Protectorate of Albania]] on 16&nbsp;March&nbsp;1941 when at sunset she received orders to moor in the [[Bay of Vlorë]] east of the [[Karaburun Peninsula, Albania|Karaburun Peninsula]].<ref name="Prandoni-Andromeda">{{cite web |url=http://www.anmimonza.it/doc/biblioteca/Sk%20004%20-%20Alberto%20Prandoni.pdf |title=No title stated |date=December 2017 |language=it }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} InternetArchiveBot</ref> Six [[merchant ship]]s were moored in this area, and at 18:30 ''Giueppe Cesare Abba'' and the torpedo boat {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Andromeda||2}} [[anchor]]ed at predetermined points, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' at the northern end of the line of ships and ''Andromeda'' at the opposite end.<ref name="Prandoni-Andromeda"/> The two torpedo boats kept their [[boiler]]s lit so that they could get underway quickly if necessary, and made ready to protect the merchant ships with [[Antiair warfare|anti-aircraft]] fire.<ref name="Prandoni-Andromeda"/> To the east of the group the [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] and [[landing ship]] ''Sesia'' and the large [[fishing vessel]] ''Genepesca Seconda'' were moored, ready to perform rescue operations if any ship was hit.<ref name="Prandoni-Andromeda"/> At 23:50 a lookout location at [[Derni]] sighted a flight of six British Royal Navy [[Fleet Air Arm]] [[Fairey Swordfish]] [[torpedo bomber]]s approaching the harbor to attack the ships, and at 23:58 a listening station at [[Sazan]] (known to the Italians as Saseno) also detected them.<ref name="Prandoni-Andromeda"/> [[Antiaircraft artillery]] ashore opened fire, then ceased fire as Italian [[fighter aircraft]] entered the area.<ref name="Prandoni-Andromeda"/> At midnight the British planes arrived at the Bay of Vlorë, and ''Giuseppe Cesarae Abba'' and ''Andromeda'', hearing their engines, opened fire on them. One Swordfish dropped its torpedo {{convert|400|m|yd|sigfig=2}} from ''Andromeda'' and hit her. ''Andromeda''′s boilers exploded, and she sank quickly at {{coord|40|21|N|019|28|E|name=''Andromeda''}}<ref>[http://www.akt.gov.al/akt/relikte.php?lang=1&id=7 Included content<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521142233/http://www.akt.gov.al/akt/relikte.php?lang=1&id=7 |date=21 May 2012 }}</ref> with the loss of 50 of her crew of 137.<ref name="Prandoni-Andromeda"/>

On the night of {{nowrap|18–19 May 1942}}, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' departed [[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]], [[Sicily]], and escorted the motor torpedo boats ''MAS&nbsp;451'', ''MAS&nbsp;452'', ''MTSM&nbsp;214'', and ''MTSM&nbsp;218'' to [[Malta]], where they disembarked the [[Maltese people|Maltese]] [[Italian irredentism|irredentist]], [[National Fascist Party]] member, and [[Maritime Artillery Militia]] ''sottotenente'' ([[sublieutenant]]) [[Carmelo Borg Pisani]], who was supposed to gather information to help in preparation for [[Operation Herkules]], a planned Italian-[[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious landing]] on the island. The British garrison captured Borg Pisani after he had been ashore for only two days, and he was [[Hanging|hanged]] for [[treason]] and [[conspiracy]] on 28&nbsp;November&nbsp;1942.<ref name="studi storici Anapoli"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.anaim.it/borg_pisani.htm |title=Carmelo BORG PISANI<!-- Title generated automatically --> |access-date=1 April 2011 |archive-date=6 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506225033/http://www.anaim.it/borg_pisani.htm |language=it }}</ref>

On 9 November 1942 ''Giuseppe Cesare Abbe'' and the torpedo boats {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Cigno|1936|2}} and {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Lince||2}} escorted the crippled light cruiser ''[[French cruiser Châteaurenault (D 606)|Attilio Regolo]]'', which was returning to port under tow by the [[Tugboat|tug]] ''Polifemo'' after the British submarine {{HMS|Unruffled}} torpedoed her in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea off [[Capo San Vito Siculo]] on the northwestern end of Sicily at {{coord|38|14|N|012|41|E}}, blowing off her bow. During the voyage the British submarine {{HMS|United}} made an unsuccessful attack on ''Attilio Regolo'', which eventually reached port.<ref>[https://community.lincolnshire.gov.uk/SubmarinersAssociationLincolnBranch/section.asp?catId=22424 Submariners Association - Lincoln Branch<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001854/http://community.lincolnshire.gov.uk/SubmarinersAssociationLincolnBranch/section.asp?catId=22424 |date=5 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3554.html |title=Allied Warships of WWII - Submarine HMS Unruffled - uboat.net<!-- Title generated automatically --> |access-date=17 June 2011 |archive-date=20 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620173242/http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3554.html}}</ref>

====1943–1945====
In 1943 ''Giuseppe&nbsp;Cesare&nbsp;Abba'' was assigned to the 3rd Torpedo Boat Group in the [[Ionian Sea|Ionian]] and Lower Adriatic Maritime Military Department along with ''Francesco&nbsp;Stocco'', ''Giuseppe&nbsp;Dezza'', ''Giuseppe&nbsp;Missori'', ''Giuseppe&nbsp;Sirtori'', and the torpedo boat {{nowrap|''[[Italian destroyer Agostino Bertani|Enrico Cosenz]]''.<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/ramius/Militaria/regia_marina_8_settembre_1943.html La Regia Marina all'8 settembre 1943] (in Italian).</ref>}}

On 8&nbsp;September&nbsp;1943, the Kingdom of Italy announced an [[Armistice of Cassibile|armistice]] with the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] and [[Kingdom of the South|switched sides]] in the war, prompting [[Nazi Germany]] to begin [[Operation Achse]], the disarmament by force of the Italian armed forces and the occupation of those portions of Italy not yet under Allied control. At the time, ''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' was part of the 3rd Torpedo Boat Group, with an operating area in the southern Adriatic Sea.<ref name="studi storici Anapoli"/> Avoiding capture by the Germans, she embarked troops of the Italian [[155th Infantry Division "Emilia"]] — who were being evacuated from [[Montenegro]] — at [[Kotor]] on 15&nbsp;September&nbsp;1943.<ref name="studi storici Anapoli"/>

''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' subsequently fought on the Allied side as a unit of the [[Italian Co-belligerent Navy]] through the end of the war in [[Europe]] in May 1945.<ref name="trentoincinamissori"/> She operated in a variety of roles, including towing targets.<ref name="trentoincinamissori"/>

===Post-World War II===
{{commons category|Giuseppe Cesare Abba (5330)|Italian destroyer Giuseppe Cesare Abba}}
[[File:Abba (M5330).jpg|thumb|left|''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' as a coastal [[minesweeper]] in the&nbsp;1950s]]
''Giuseppe Cesare Abba'' remained in service after World War II, as a unit of the ''Regia Marina'' until the Italian monarchy was abolished in 1946 and then as part of the [[Italian Navy]] (''Marina Militare'') under the [[Italy|Italian Republic]]. She was reclassified as a coastal [[minesweeper]] in 1954 and given the new [[pennant number]] M 5330.<ref name="Marina Militare"/><ref name="trentoincinamissori"/> She was stricken from the [[naval register]] on 1&nbsp;September&nbsp;1958<ref name="trentoincinamissori"/> and subsequently scrapped.

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==References==
===Citations===
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=== Bibliography ===
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  |first1=Enrico
  |last2=O'Hara
  |first2=Vincent
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  |editor1-first=John
  |publisher=Conway
  |location=London
  |year=2016
  |title=Warship 2016
  |isbn=978-1-84486-326-6
  |chapter=The Naval War in the Adriatic, Part 2: 1917–1918
  |name-list-style=amp
  |pages=62–75
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