Itayana Navy

Itayana Navy
Active	1988-present
Country	Itayana
Allegiance	Itayana Armies and Fleets
Branch	Navy
Size	41,400 active

The Itayana Navy is the maritime serive branch of the Itayana Armies and Fleets, responsible for all coastal and oceanic activities undertaken by the Itayana military.

Organization and Doctrine

The top level of organization of the Navy is the Itayana Admiralty, headed by the Grand Admiral of the Autocracy, and it is assumed that the holder of office reports to the Sun Manifested of Itayana directly. The Admiralty is divided on sub-sections and departments, which constitute administrative command structre. Directly subordinated to the Grand Admiral is the Conclave of Naval Operations, overseeing operational deployments of the squadrons.

From its re-establishment in 1988 up to late 2000s, Itayana Navy was a strictly littoral force tasked with ensuring safety and security of the territorial waters of the Autocracy. The developing economy could not yet sustain any capacity for ocean-going fleet, or even construction of any kind. Its primary ships were acquired from Elatia and Sante Reze, and were of older designs. After the Central Itayana War, the fleet began a process of rapid expansion, a process correlating with the development of shipbulding industry in 2000s. Its blue-water capaility has since been demonstrated by its squadrons participating in maneuvers with navies of the Oorupaqi ocean and conducting independent operationas in Vespanian and Makrian.

All ships of the navy currently in service are of modern designs, dating no earlier than 2000; they favor heavy armament-to-weight ratio, which is commonly attributed to Elatian influence. The navy appears to utilize the most out of the Temple's accumulated technological experience, making heavy use of shipborne automation, modern system architectures and deep combat systems integration and sensor fusion. Itayana Navy also employs several types of equipment not commonly seen in other navies, like 660mm torpedoes and, according to several reports, active anti-torpedo countermeasures employed by large ocean-going diesel submarines.

Key deficiences of the Itayana Navy were evaluated by a team of Arthuristan naval analysts in 2021. They include the lack of strong naval air arm, represented by a single carrier, a few Zacapine flying boats and converted first-generation K6M strategic bombers, and relatively deficient littoral force lacking hunter-killer submarines and support from the land-based systems. The number and quality of repair and maintenance facilities have also been put into question.

Service Vessels

Design designation system

All designs in service of the Itayana Navy are assigned a unique index of several digits. The first digit denotes the broad classification of the design, as explained in the table below. The second three digits form a random project code, usually employed in the internal design work, while the final digit stands for the "major design revision". The latter is officially stated to denote a running line of identical vessels, making it equivalent of a "flight" in various navies; it does not appear to include mid-life upgrades.

Type code	Meaning	Includes
0	Submarines	Reportedly including special-purpose submarines
1	Oceangoing combat ships	Aircraft carriers, guided missile destroyers, frigates and ocean-going corvettes
2	Littoral combat ships	Littoral corvettes (under 2000 tons) and large missile boats
3	Auxiliary combat ships	Minesweepers, training ships, landing ships and coast guard ships
4	Auxiliary non-combat ships	Fleet oilers, replenishment and repair ships
5	Special-purpose vessels	Intelligence ships, oceanographic vessels et al.

It apprears to be a common practice within the navy to drop the type and revison designators and use the project number as an oridnal; for example, Project 04261 SSK would be refered to as "426th". Itayana Navy vessels are also assigned Common Reporting Names by foreign observers, a long-standing practice done with regards to Elatian Navy ships. With a few exceptions, those follow the standard Common Reporting Names conventions.

Surface combatants

Class	Origin	Type	Displacement	Number in service	Note
Project 11431	Elatia / Itayana	Fleet Carrier (CVF)	50,500 tonnes	1
Project 19300	Itayana / Zacapican	Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)	10,140 tonnes	2
Project 15350	Itayana	Frigate (FFG)	5,600 tonnes	6
Project 12380	Itayana	Corvette (DDC)	2,900 tonnes	15	Primary blue water combatant
Project 22700	Itayana	Corvette (LCS)	1,200 tonnes	36	Primary littoral combatant
Project 31290	Itayana / Orun Redisus	Ocean-going Minesweeper	2,850 tonnes	8

Auxiliary ships

Class	Origin	Type	Displacement	Number in service	Note
Project 37750	Elatia	Landing ship	4,080 tonnes	23
Project 48870	Elatia	Training Ship	7,270 tonnes	3
Project 45700	Itayana / Sante Reze	Sumbarine Tender	22,260 tonnes	4
Project 44630	Itayana / Sante Reze	Fleet oiler	33,900 tonnes (full)	4
Project 48330	Itayana / Sante Reze	Replenishment ship	48,400 tonnes (full)	3
Project 47170	Itayana / Zacapican	Repair ship	24,600 tonnes (full)	1
Project 58640	Itayana	Intelligence ship	12,340 tonnes	4	Based on Project 19300 DDG

Submarines

Class	Origin	Type	Displacement	Number in service	Note
Project 04261 (Claire-I)	Itayana / Zacapican	Diesel-electric attack submarine(SSK)	7,000 tonnes	8	Principal attack submarine
Project 04262 (Claire-II)	Itayana / Zacapican	Diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK)	7,000 tonnes	4	Upgraded version of Claire-I

Naval Aviation

Name	Origin	Type	Description
A16S	Elatia	Navalized fighter-bomber	Heavy shipborne fighter
K4M / K6M	Velikoslavia	Maritime patrol/strike craft	Land-based anti-ship bomber
T-40	Zacapican	Maritime patrol/strike craft	Primary maritime patrol craft
T-42	Zacapican	Amphibious SAR aircraft	Search and rescue variant of T-40
Itz-31	Zacapican	Carrier capable VTOL AEW&C aircraft	Carrier-based AEW&C