 During the World War II, CRDA Trieste built two battleships for the Regia Marina, "Vittorio Veneto" and "Roma".CRDA survived the postwar shakeup in the shipbuilding industry and went on to build several more commercial liners in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as a few naval vessels.In 1984, CRDA was sold to the Fincantieri Group.