List of active Italian Navy ships

This is a list of active Italian Navy ships. The navy maintains approximately 198 ships in service, including minor auxiliary vessels. The fleet has started a process of renewal that will see 50 ships retired by 2025 and replaced by 30 multi-mission ships. Ocean going fleet units include: 2 aircraft carriers, 3 small 8,000-tonne amphibious transport docks, 3 air-defence destroyers, 7 general-purpose frigates, 6 anti-submarine frigates, 2 light frigate, and 8 attack submarines. Patrol and littoral warfare units include 9 offshore patrol vessels. In support of the fleet there are 10 mine countermeasure vessels, 6 coastal patrol boats/special forces patrol boats and various auxiliary ships. The total displacement of the Italian Navy is approximately 358,000 tonnes.

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