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In December 1939 Casabianca escorted .
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Casabianca was in port at Toulon in November 1942 when the Germans enacted Case Anton, the
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annexation of the area of France previously controlled by the Vichy government. On 27 November 1942
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German forces attempted to take over the fleet at Toulon, leading its commanders to order the ships
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to be scuttled to keep them out of German hands. Capitaine de corvette Jean L'Herminier, commander
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of Casabianca, instead took his submarine out to sea and escaped to Algiers to join the Allies. The
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submarine was attacked by German aircraft during the voyage, and was shadowed by a Royal Navy
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destroyer. Five other French submarines escaped from Toulon, two of which, and Marsouin, served
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like Casabianca with the allies.
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After arriving in Algiers, Casabianca passed under the orders of Admiral François Darlan, until his
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assassination on 24 December 1942. Casabianca was then under Général Henri Giraud, until Giraud's
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replacement by Charles de Gaulle. Casabiancas participation in operations around Corsica was one of
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the factors that led to Giraud's removal from office. She served mainly on intelligence gathering
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missions, supplying arms and delivering men to support the Corsican Maquisards. She played an
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important role in the eventual liberation of the island in September 1943. Her elusiveness earned
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her the nickname "Ghost Submarine" from the Germans.
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The British conservative MP Keith Monin Stainton served as a liaison officer aboard the submarine
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in 1943, whilst a Royal Navy lieutenant. From 1943 until 1944 Charles William Beattie, a Royal Navy
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Signals specialist, also served on board Casabianca to safeguard and interpret secret cyphers sent
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to the boat whilst out on station. He took part in many of the secret landings on the Corsican
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coast.
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In her last mission, Casabianca landed 109 special forces men, a record for a submarine of her
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size. The men were landed on an isolated beach at Arone, near the village of Piana, in the north
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west of Corsica, where a monument now exists.
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After the liberation of Corsica, the Casabianca was used for regular patrols. In 1944 she was hit
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in a friendly fire accident by a British plane, and had to refit in Philadelphia until March 1945.
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In common with other Redoutable-class submarines modernized in the United States, the original
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conning tower was considerably modified. Two radars were installed, as was a platform on the front
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to carry a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun.
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The submarine was scrapped in 1956, but the conning tower survives — it has been on display in
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Bastia near the harbour since 2004. The two periscopes and the deck gun are visible, however the
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conning tower was truncated from the rear, where a second 20mm gun was replaced by a 13.2 double
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machine gun of French origins.
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During her career Casabianca sank one warship with a torpedo and another with her deck gun, sank a
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merchant vessel, carried out seven secret missions, assisted in the liberation of Corsica, and ran
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the German blockade of Toulon during her defection to the allies. Cited 7 times out of which 6 at
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the orders of the navy , Casabianca was decorated with the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and was
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awarded the Red Fourragere of the Légion d'honneur.
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Namesakes
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An anti-submarine escorteur was named Casabianca from 1957 until 1984. The Rubis-class nuclear
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submarine Casabianca is named after the Second World War submarine.
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Casabianca in popular culture
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The submarine's exploits were used as the basis for the 1951 film , starring Pierre Dudan and Jean
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Vilar. The Casabianca also appears in the 2007 novel The Double Agents by W. E. B. Griffin, book
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five of the Men at War series.
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Notes
References
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Further reading
History of Le Casabianca
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Jean L'Herminier, Casabianca, Éditions France-Empire, first year edition 1953, year 1992,
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Toussaint Griffi, Laurent Preziosi, Première mission en Corse occupée, avec le sous-marin
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Casabianca (décembre 1942-mars 1943)'', Éditions L'Harmattan, year 1988
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Technical Documentation
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Les Sous-marins de 1 500 tonnes, Claude Picard, Rennes, Marines Editions, year 2006, total pages
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119, |
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Pierre Vincent-Bréchignac, Flottes de combat 1940-1942, Flottes de combat, Paris, year 1942
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External links
Q183
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Submarines of France
Ships built in France
1935 ships
World War II submarines of France
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Submarines of the Free French Naval Forces
Redoutable-class submarines (1928)
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Joseph Celli (born March 19, 1944) is an American musician and composer specializing in contemporary
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and improvised music for oboe and English horn. In addition, he plays the Yamaha WX7 MIDI breath
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controller, as well as double reed instruments from several Asian cultures, including the Korean
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hojok and piri, and the Indian mukha vina.
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Celli is Italian American, both of his parents having been born in Italy (from Ripi, Frosinone,
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Lazio, central Italy) and immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1920s. His early training was as a
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jazz saxophonist which allowed him to work his way through college performing with rhythm and blues
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and jazz groups as he began specializing in experimental performance for the oboe and English horn.
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He studied oboe with Ray Still of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and members of the New York
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Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and other leading oboists. Subsequently, he received
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a Fulbright Award to study piri with National Living Treasure Chung Jae-Gook (hangul: 정재국; hanja:
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鄭在國, b. 1942; Important Intangible Cultural Property no. 46) in South Korea and the hichiriki at
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the Imperial Court gagaku in Tokyo, Japan.
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Celli has conducted much work in the field of experimental music, both as a performer and
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presenter, and has worked with Jin Hi Kim, John Cage, Ornette Coleman, Phill Niblock, Alvin Curran,
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Pointless Orchestra, Roberto Carnevale and the Kronos Quartet. He has performed in over 40
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countries and presented, with Jerry Hunt, the first live satellite performance in the United
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States. As a concert presenter he has been involved in over 3,000 events including world premieres
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by Steve Reich, John Cage, and many others. He presented the U.S. premieres of Spiral and Solo by
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Karlheinz Stockhausen in addition to over 50 works composed for him by various composers.
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Celli served as a co-director with Mary Luft of Tigertail Productions for two New Music America
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festivals in Hartford, Connecticut and Miami, Florida. He is a founding member of the No World
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Improvisations ensemble and Executive Director of the Black Rock Art Center in Bridgeport,
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Connecticut, United States. He is also the founder and director of O. O. Discs, a CD label devoted
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to new music that has released over 70 discs. He is also the founder and director of O. O. Discs,
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a CD label devoted to new music that has released over 70 discs with world-wide distribution.
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Celli can play on both the western oboe and on non-western oboes.
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Discography (a)
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• Organic Oboe: Premiere American recording of Stockhausen, Celli, Goldstein, and Schwartz. Joseph
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Celli, oboe, English horn reeds and electronics. O.O. DISC #1.
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• Celli Plays Niblock: Niblock for Celli: Compositions by composer Phill Niblock for oboe, English
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horn performer Joseph Celli. India Navigation Records #3027
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• No World Improvisations: Joseph Celli and Jin Hi Kim performing improvisations on English horn,
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Indian double reed Mukha Veena, Yamaha WX-7 midi breath controller, Korean komungo and changgo.
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O.O. DISC #2. Digital Recording Compact Disc. Also released and distributed in Asia byWarner Music
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Korea FL 002.
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• Vermont the Seasons: Music of Malcolm Goldstein with Joseph Celli, oboe, English horn and reeds.
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Folkways Records FX 6242.
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• La Belleza Del Silencio: Music of Orlando Jacinto Garcia with Joseph Celli, Yamaha WX-7 midi
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breath controller. O.O. DISC #6. Digital Recording Compact Disc.
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• Non World (Trio) Improvisations: Joseph Celli, Jin Hi Kim with Alvin Curran, electronics; Shelley
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Hirsch, vocals; Malcolm Goldstein, violin; Mor Thiam, African Percussion; Adam Plack, didgeridoo.
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O.O. DISC #4. Digital Recording Compact Disc.
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