"Vittorio Veneto" had been the most active Italian battleship of the war, having participated in eleven offensive operations. Twelve 90 mm anti-aircraft guns taken from "Vittorio Veneto" were reused by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) as armament of its Žirje Island coastal artillery battery. The battery surrendered without resistance to the Croatian National Guard on 14 September 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, and played a pivotal role in 16–22 September Battle of Šibenik, preventing the advance of the JNA on Šibenik and bottling up in harbor 34 Yugoslav Navy's patrol boats, one-fourth of the Yugoslav fleet, which were eventually seized by Croatian forces.