Training ship Amerigo Vespucci. From Almanacco Navale 1940 – Uff. Collegamento Stampa del Ministero della Marina, Milano, 1939. Francesco Rotundi, Officer of the Naval Engineers Corp of the Royal Italian Navy, designed the famous training ships Cristoforo Colombo and Amerigo Vespucci. The latter is still in service and is considered the most beautiful training ship of the world.