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Luigi Ferraro (3 November 1914,Quarto dei Mille – 5 January 2006,Genoa) was an officer of theRoyal Italian Navy and pioneer of Italian submarine warfare, most notable for his service with the commando frogman unitDecima 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 inscuba diving equipment forCressi-sub, and in 1962 with Carlos Reinberg, he foundedTechnisub, 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, facilitatingear equalization. The other was the Cressi Rondine, the firstswimming fin featuring a closed-heel foot pocket, a toe opening and a blade set at an angle from the plane of the sole of the foot, which improved both wearing comfort and hydrodynamic efficiency.
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