List of active Italian Navy ships

This is a list of active Italian Navy ships as of 4 October 2016. The navy maintains approximately 186 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: two aircraft carriers, three small 8,000 tonne amphibious transport docks, four air-defence destroyers, one general-purpose frigate, 11 anti-submarine frigates, and seven attack submarines. Patrol and littoral warfare units include two light patrol frigates, 10 offshore patrol vessels and four corvettes. In support of the fleet there are 10 mine countermeasure vessels, 4 coastal patrol boats and a various auxiliary ships.