After the war, guns from the Italian battleship "Vittorio Veneto" were assigned to Yugoslavia as a part of war reparations. They were mounted on a coastal artillery battery on island Žirje off Šibenik as a part of the Cold War defense strategy. Two 90/53 cannons saw action in September 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence, deterring Yugoslav People's Army attack on Šibenik and blocking 34 Yugoslav Navy's patrol boats and minesweepers which were later captured by Croatian forces in the inner harbor.