Commander in Chief Naval Fleet

The Commander in Chief Naval Fleet (Italian:Il Comando in Capo della Squadra Navale) (CINCNAV) is a post in the Italian Navy that is responsible for the operational aspects of the Italian Navy, including ships, submarines and aircraft.[1] The post was established in 1952 and since 1972 has been based in Santa Rosa near Rome.[2]

Commander in Chief Naval Fleet
Il Comando in Capo della Squadra Navale
Active1952 to date
Country Italy
Branch Italian Navy
Part ofItalian Navy
Commanders
Current
commander
Donato Marzano
Aircraft flown
AttackBoeing AV-8B Harrier II
FighterLockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Multirole helicopterNHIndustries NH90
Utility helicopterAgustaWestland EH101
Piaggio P.180 Avanti

Organisation

The organisation chart looks as follows:[3]

Fleet Command is made up as follows:[4]

Italian name Acronym English name Commander Location Ships/Units
Comando della Prima Divisione NavaleCOMDINAV UNOFirst Naval DivisionPlacido Torresi[5][6]La SpeziaCaio Duilio (D 554), Carlo Bergamini (F 590), Virginio Fasan (F 591), Carlo Margottini (F 592), Luigi Rizzo (F 595), Grecale (F 571), Libeccio (F 572), Scirocco (F 573), Vesuvio (A 5329), Elettra (A 5340)
Comando della Secondo Divisione NavaleCOMDINAV DUESecond Naval DivisionGiuseppe Berutti Bergotto[7]TarantoCavour (550), Andrea Doria (D 553), Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560), Francesco Mimbelli (D 561), Carabiniere (F 593), Alpino (F 594), Federico Martinengo (F 596), Espero (F 576), Zeffiro (F 577), Etna (A 5326), Stromboli (A 5327)
Comando della Terzo Divisione NavaleCOMDINAV TREThird Naval DivisionAlberto Maffeis[8]BrindisiGiuseppe Garibaldi (551), San Giorgio (L 9892), San Marco (L 9893), San Giusto (L 9894)
Comando delle Forze da Pattugliamento per la Sorveglianza e la Difesa CostieraCOMFORPATCommander Patrol ForcesMario Culcasi[9]AugustaCOMSQUAPAT 1: Cassiopea (P 401), Libra (P 402), Spica (P 403), Vega (P 404), Sirio (P 409), Orione (P 410)

COMSQUAPAT 2: Comandante Cigala Fulgosi (P 490), Comandante Borsini (P 491), Comandante Bettica (P 492), Comandante Foscari (P 493), Chimera (F 556)

Comando delle Forze AnfibieCOMFARANFAmphibious Forces CommandRosario Walter Guerrisi[10]BrindisiSan Marco Marine Brigade
Comando dei SommergibiliMARICOSOMSubmarine CommandDario GiacominTarantoCOMFLOTSOM: Salvatore Pelosi (S 522), Giuliano Prini (S 523), Primo Longobardo (S 524), Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia (S 525), Salvatore Todaro (S 526), Scirè (S 527), Pietro Venuti (S 528), Romeo Romei (S 529)
Centro di Addestramento AeronavaleMARICENTADDNaval Air Training CenterPasquale Guerra[11]San VitoNavy Programming Centre (MARICENPROG)
Comando delle Forze AereeCOMFORAERItalian Navy Fleet Air ArmGiorgio Gomma[12]Santa Rosa
Centro per le Telecomunicazioni e l'InformaticaMARITELECentre for Telecommunications and Information TechnologyRoma
Comando delle Forze di Contromisure MineMARICODRAGMine Countermeasures Forces CommandHenry Pacioni[13]La SpeziaCOMSQUADRAG 54: Milazzo (M 5552), Vieste (M 5553), Gaeta (M 5554), Termoli (M 5555), Alghero (M 5556), Numana (M 5557), Crotone (M 5558), Viareggio (M 5559), Chioggia (M 5560), Rimini (M 5561)
COMSQUAIDRO: Leonardo (A 5301), Ammiraglio Magnaghi (A 5303), Aretusa (A 5304), Galatea (A 5308), Raffaele Rossetti (A 5315), Vincenzo Martellotta (A 5320), Alliance (A 5345)
Quartier Generale MarinaQUARTGENMARINANaval HeadquartersRoma
Comando Flottiglia Unita' AusiliarieCOMFLOTAUSAuxiliary Unit CommandLa SpeziaCOMGRUNAVADD: Astice, Mitilo, Murena, Porpora
COMGRUPAUS UNO
COMGRUPAUS DUE
COMPGRUPVELA
Comando Decimo Gruppo Navale CostieroCOMGRUPNAVCOST 10Tenth Naval Coastal Command GroupSentinella, Vedetta, Esplotare

References

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