The following is the structure of the Italian Navy as of June 2020. It is considered a multiregional and a blue-water navy.
Chief of the Navy General Staff
The Chief of the Navy General Staff heads the Navy General Staff in Rome, manages the bureaucratic aspects of the navy, and supervises four major commands.
Chief of the Navy General Staff (Capo di stato maggiore della Marina) Corps of the Port Captaincies (Corpo delle Capitanerie di Porto), Coast Guard - in peacetime assigned to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport Navy Military Personnel Employment Directorate (Direzione per l'Impiego del Personale Militare della Marina - MARIPERS) Administrative Responsibility Centre Main Office (Ufficio Generale del Centro di Responsabilità Amministrativa - MARIUGCRA) Navy Health Inspectorate (Ispettorato di Sanità della Marina Militare - MARISPESAN) Forensic Medicine Military Department Bari (Dipartimento Militare di Medicina Legale Bari Palese - DMML Bari Palese) Forensic Medicine Military Department La Spezia (Dipartimento Militare di Medicina Legale La Spezia - DMML La Spezia) Navy Officer Clubs Agency (Ente Circoli della Marina Militare - MARICIRCOLI) Officers, and petty officers clubs in Ancona, Augusta, Brindisi, Cagliari, La Maddalena, La Spezia, Livorno, Messina, Naples, Rome, Taranto, and Venice, and an officers holiday club on Monte Terminillo Navy Carabinieri Command (Comando Carabinieri per la Marina) Navy Officers Promotion Commissions Office (Ufficio Commissioni di Avanzamento per gli Ufficiali della Marina Militare - MARICAU) Navy NCOs, Sergeants, Volunteers in Permanent Service Promotion Commission Offices (Uffici Generale Commissioni Avanzamento Marescialli, Sergenti e Volontari in S.P. della Marina Militare - MARICAM - MARICAS - MARICAV) Navy Engineer Corps Chief Office (Ufficio Capo di Corpo del Genio della Marina) Naval Engineer Specialty (Specialità Genio Navale) Naval Weapons Specialty (Specialità Armi Navali) Infrastructure Specialty (Specialità Infrastrutture) Maritime Military Medical Corps Chief Office (Ufficio Capo di Corpo Sanitario Militare Marittimo) Maritime Military Commissariat Corps Chief Office (Ufficio Capo di Corpo di Commissariato Militare Marittimo) Port Captaincies Corps Chief Office (Ufficio Capo di Corpo delle Capitanerie di Porto) Andrea Doria Institut (Istituto Andrea Doria - MARIDORIA), the navy's orphanage
Navy General Staff The functions of the Navy General Staff are divided in two sections: one under direct control of the Chief of the Navy General Staff, and one under control of the Deputy Chief of the Navy General Staff. The Chief of the Navy General Staff's section is further divided into offices and commands that are part of the Navy General Staff and offices and commands that report to the Chief of the Navy General Staff, but are outside the actual Navy General Staff.
Chief of the Navy General Staff (Capo di stato maggiore della Marina) Navy General Staff (Stato Maggiore della Marina - MARISTAT) Adjutant of the Chief of the Navy General Staff (Assistente del Capo di Stato Maggiore della Marina) Special Secretariat of the Chief of the Navy General Staff (Segreteria Particolare Capo di Stato Maggiore della Marina) Main Financial Planning Office (Ufficio Pianificazione Generale Finanziaria - UGPF) Legal Affairs Main Office (Ufficio Generale Affari Legale - UGAL) Special Forces and Underwater Units Office (Ufficio Forze Speciali e Reparti Subacquei - UFS) Public Information and Communication Office (Ufficio Pubblica Informazione e Comunicazione - UPICOM) Accident Prevention and Vigilance, and Environmental Protection Main Coordination Office (Ufficio Generale di Coordinamento per la Prevenzione, la Vigilanza Antinfortunistica e la Tutela dell'Ambiente - UGECOPREVA) Central Security Body of the Navy (Organo Centrale di Sicurezza della Marina Militare - MARINA OCS)
Deputy Chief of the Navy General Staff The Deputy Chief of the Navy General Staff manages the bureaucratic aspects of the Navy.
Deputy Chief of the Navy General Staff (Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore della Marina) Adjutant of the Deputy Chief of the Navy General Staff (Assistante del Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore della Marina) Special Secretariat of the Deputy Chief of the Navy General Staff (Segreteria Particolare Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore della Marina) Main Secretariat of the Navy General Staff (Segreteria Generale di Stato Maggiore Marine della Marina) 1st Department Personnel (1° Reparto Personale) 3rd Department Maritime Planning and Policy (3° Reparto Pianificazione e Politica Marittima) 4th Department Infrastructure and Logistics (4° Reparto Infrastrutture e Logistica) 5th Department Submarines (5° Reparto Sommergibili) 6th Department Aircraft (6° Reparto Aeromobili) 7th Department Ships (7° Reparto Navi) 8th Department Amphibious Forces (8° Reparto Anfibio) C4 and Security Department (Reparto C4 e Sicurezza) General Affairs Office (Ufficio Affari Generale - UAG) Space and Technological Innovation Office (Ufficio Spazio e Innovazione Tecnologica) Headquarters Command Office (Ufficio Comando alla Sede) History Office (Ufficio Storico) Naval History Museum (Museo Storico Navale), in Venice Naval Technical Museum (Museo Tecnico Navale), in La Spezia Prevention and Protection Service (Servizio di Prevenzione e Protezione) Spiritual Adjutant (Assistante Spirituale)
Fleet Command
The Fleet Command is responsible for all operational units of the Italian Navy, with the exception of the Special Forces. Based in the Santa Rosa military district of Rome the command is headed by the Commander in Chief Naval Fleet ( or CINCNAV) with the rank of Vice admiral, who reports directly to the Chief of the Navy.
Naval Headquarters Santa Rosa (Quartier Generale Marina Santa Rosa - QUARTGENMARINA Santa Rosa), at the Santa Rosa military district Virtual Regional Maritime Traffic Centre (V‐RMTC) Maritime Surveillance Operations Centre (Centrale Operativa di Sorveglianza Marittima - COSM) Aero-naval Operations Centre (Centrale Operativa Aero‐navale - COAN) Anti-submarine Analysis and Evaluation Section (Sezione Valutazione e Analisi Anti Sommergibile - SVAAS), at Naval Air Station Sigonella
1st Naval Division
The 1st Naval Division ( - COMDINAV UNO) is based in La Spezia and headed by a Counter Admiral.
1st Naval Division (1ª Divisione Navale), in La Spezia Horizon-class air-defence destroyer: "Caio Duilio" Bergamini-class frigates: "Antonio Marceglia", "Carlo Margottini", "Emilio Bianchi", "Luigi Rizzo", "Spartaco Schergat", "Virginio Fasan" Electronic surveillance ship: "Elettra" Sail training ship "Amerigo Vespucci" Sail training ship "Palinuro" Sail training ship "Italia" 1st Auxiliary Ships Group (Primo Gruppo Navi Ausiliarie - COMGRUPAUS UNO), in La Spezia Gorgona-class coastal transport ships: "Gorgona", "Tremiti" Ponza-class coastal transport ships: "Ponza", "Palmaria", "Tavolara" Ciclope-class deep-sea tugboat: "Gigante" Naval Station La Spezia (Stazione Navale La Spezia - MARISTANAV La Spezia), manages harbour operations Porto-class coastal tugboats: "Porto Empedocle", "Porto Salvo", "Porto Torres"
2nd Naval Division
The 2nd Naval Division ( - COMDINAV DUE) is based in Taranto and headed by either a Divisional admiral () or a 1 star admiral (). The division includes the Italian navy's carrier strike group.
2nd Naval Division (2ª Divisione Navale), in Taranto Aircraft carrier: "Cavour" Horizon-class air-defence destroyer: "Andrea Doria" Bergamini-class frigates: "Carlo Bergamini", "Federico Martinengo", "Carabiniere", "Alpino" Thaon di Revel-class frigates: "Thaon di Revel", "Francesco Morosini", "Raimondo Montecuccoli", "Giovanni delle Bande Nere" Vulcano-class logistic support ships: "Vulcano", "Atlante" Etna-class replenishment oiler: "Etna" 2nd Auxiliary Ships Group (Secondo Gruppo Navi Ausiliarie - COMGRUPAUS DUE) Gorgona-class coastal transport ship: "Caprera", "Capri", "Pantelleria" Ponza-class coastal transport ship: "Levanzo", "Procida" Ciclope-class deep-sea tugboat: "Saturno" Naval Station Taranto (Stazione Navale La Spezia - MARISTANAV Taranto), manages harbour operations Ferry-boat: "Cheradi" Coastal tugboat: "Ercole" Porto-class coastal tugboat: "Porto Pisano" Ciclope-class deep-sea tugboats: "Saturno", "Tenace"
3rd Naval Division
The 3rd Naval Division ( - COMDINAV TRE) is based in Brindisi and headed by a Counter Admiral. The division contains the amphibious units of the Italian Navy and together with the San Marco Marine Brigade and the Italian Army's Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" forms the Italian Armed Forces' National Sea Projection Capability (Forza di proiezione dal mare).
3rd Naval Division (3ª Divisione Navale), in Brindisi Landing helicopter dock: "Trieste" San Giorgio-class amphibious transport docks: "San Giorgio", "San Marco", "San Giusto" Esploratore-class coastal patrol boats: "Esploratore", "Sentinella", "Vedetta", "Staffetta" Ciclope-class deep-sea tugboat: "Ciclope" Naval Station Brindisi (Stazione Navale Brindisi - MARISTANAV Brindisi), manages harbour operations Porto-class coastal tugboat: "Porto Corsini" RP 118-class harbour tugboat: Rp 107, Rp 108, Rp 118
4th Naval Division
The 4th Naval Division ( - COMDINAV QUATTRO) is based in Augusta and Messina and headed by a Counter Admiral. From the 2014 to 2022 the unit was designated as Coastal Defense and Surveillance Patrol Forces Command (). As part of the 2014 reform it transferred most of its coastal defense duties to the Italian Coast Guard and has focused since on offshore patrols.
4th Naval Division (4ª Divisione Navale), in Augusta 1st Patrol Ships Squadron (Prima Squadriglia Pattugliatori - COMSQUAPAT UNO) Cassiopea-class offshore patrol vessels: "Cassiopea", "Spica", "Vega" (being replaced by ) Sirio-class offshore patrol vessels: "Sirio", "Orione" (being replaced by PPX class) 2nd Patrol Ships Squadron (Second Squadriglia Pattugliatori - COMSQUAPAT DUE) Comandanti-class offshore patrol vessels: "Comandante Cigala Fulgosi", "Comandante Borsini", "Comandante Bettica", "Comandante Foscari" 3rd Auxiliary Ships Group (Terzo Gruppo Navi Ausiliarie - COMGRUPAUS TRE), in Messina Simeto-class water tankers: "Ticino", "Tirso" Panarea-class coastal oil tankers: "Panarea", "Linosa", "Favignana", "Salina" Gorgona-class coastal transport ship: "Lipari" Ciclope-class deep-sea tugboats: "Polifemo", "Titano" Naval Station Augusta (Stazione Navale Augusta - MARISTANAV Augusta), manages harbour operations Porto-class coastal tugboat: "Porto Conte"
5th Naval Division
The 5th Naval Division ( - COMDINAV QUINTA) is based in La Spezia and headed by a Counter Admiral. From the 2014 to 2025 the unit was designated as Mine Countermeasures Forces Command ( - MARICODRAG). The division operates the Italian Navy's mine countermeasures forces.
5th Naval Division (5ª Divisione Navale), in La Spezia 54th Coastal Minesweepers Squadron (54^ Squadriglia Dragamine Costieri - COMSQUADRAG CINQUE QUATTRO), in La Spezia Gaeta-class minehunters: "Gaeta", "Termoli", "Alghero", "Numana", "Crotone", "Viareggio", "Chioggia", "Rimini" (class to be replaced by twelve New Generation Minehunters) Hydrographic and Experiences Units Squadron (Squadriglia Unità Idrografiche ed Esperienze - COMSQUAIDRO), in La Spezia Hydrographic survey vessel: "Ammiraglio Magnaghi" (will be replaced by the Major Hydro-oceanographic Ship) Ninfe-class hydrographic research vessels: "Aretusa", "Galatea" Nato Research vessels: "Leonardo", "Alliance" Rossetti-class research vessels: "Raffaele Rossetti", "Vincenzo Martellotta" Mine Warfare Training and Evaluation Centre (Centro Addestramento Guerra di Mine - MARICENDRAG), in La Spezia Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship "Tritone"
Submarines Command