Itayana Navy

Itayana Navy
Active	1988-present
Country	Itayana
Allegiance	Itayana Armies and Fleets
Branch	Navy
Size	50,400 active

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

Organization

The top level of organization of the Navy is the Itayana Admiralty Staff, 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. Directly subordinated to the Grand Admiral are Naval Warfare Command, the Naval Operations Command and the Naval Inspection Command. The functions of the first office are uncertain, but reports indicate that it serves as an operational and strategic planning office; at the same time, it is believed that the Conclave oversees actual operational deployments of naval squadrons. The Naval Inspection is further subdivided into Type Inspections, corresponding to major vessel categories in the Itayana Navy; its role is uncertain but assumed to be administrative for each vessel category.

Several additional departments have been identified, including General Affairs Command, assumed to constitute the administrative section, in addition to the Naval Inspection Command; the Conclave for Naval Technology Development, determined to be responsible for cooperation with the Templar design bureaus; and the Quartermaster Command, determined to be responsible for general economic cooperation in the interests of the Navy.

Design designation system

All ship 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, and it does not appear to include mid-life upgrades.

Type code	Meaning	Includes
0	Submarines	Reportedly including special-purpose submarines
1-3	Oceangoing combat ships	Aircraft carriers, guided missile destroyers, frigates and ocean-going corvettes
4	Littoral combat ships	Littoral corvettes (under 2000 tons) and large missile boats
5-6	Auxiliary combat ships	Minesweepers, training ships, landing ships and coast guard ships
7-8	Auxiliary non-combat ships	Fleet oilers, replenishment and repair ships
9	Special-purpose vessels	Intelligence ships, oceanographic vessels et al.

It appears to be a common practice within the Navy to drop the type and revision designators and use the project number as an ordinal; for example, Project 04261 SSK would be referred 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.

Aircraft designs in service of the Itayana Navy follow the standardized designation system of the Itayana Solar Air Fleet.

Shipyards of the Navy

The following facilities have been identified to be responsible for supplying Itayana Navy with naval ships and additional equipment. Note that the list does not include contractors involved in the production chains of said facilities. The list is not extensive.

Facility	Location	Notes
Aircraft Plant No.71	Asima	Supplies navalized fighters
Aircraft Plant No.98	XXX	Supplies large aircraft, including K6M naval bombers
Shipbuilding Plant No.87	XXX	Primary small ships construction plant
Shipbuilding Plant No.75	XXX	Secondary small ships and flying boats construction plant
Shipbuilding Plant No.113	XXX	Includes two 80-thousand ton drydocks and 3500-ton crane
Shipbuilding Plant No.143	XXX	Dedicated submarine construction plant

Doctrine

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 shipbuilding industry in 2000s. Its blue-water capability has since been demonstrated by its squadrons participating in manoeuvres with navies of the Oorupaqi ocean and conducting independent operationas in Vespanian and Makrian oceans.

All ships of the navy currently in service are of modern designs, dating no earlier than 2000; they favour 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 ship-borne automation, modern naval 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 deficiencies of the Itayana Navy were evaluated and established by a team of Arthuristan naval analysts in their 2021 report. They include the lack of strong naval air arm, represented by a single carrier, a few Zacapine-origin 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

Surface combatants

Class	Origin	Type	Displacement	Number in service	Note
Project 11431	Elatia / Itayana	Fleet Carrier (CVF)	52,000 tonnes	1
Project 10705	Elatia	Frigate (FFG)	3,200 tonnes	8	Modified Type-70A Haniel-class
Project 15470	Itayana	Frigate (FFG)	4,900 tonnes	44	Primary surface combatant
Project 15580	Itayana	Frigate (FFG)	4,900 tonnes	24	Derivative of the 15470
Project 51290	Itayana / Orun Redisus	Ocean-going Minesweeper	3,850 tonnes	12
Project 92475	Itayana	Torpedo boat / Destroyer (DD)	12,300 tonnes	1	"Torpedo testing vessel"

Auxiliary ships

Class	Origin	Type	Displacement	Number in service	Note
Project 57750	Elatia	Landing ship	4,080 tonnes	16
Project 78870	Elatia	Training Ship	7,270 tonnes	3
Project 75700	Itayana / Sante Reze	Submarine Tender	22,260 tonnes	4
Project 74630	Itayana / Sante Reze	Fleet oiler	33,900 tonnes (full)	5
Project 88330	Itayana / Sante Reze	Replenishment ship	48,400 tonnes (full)	4
Project 87170	Itayana / Zacapican	Repair ship	24,600 tonnes (full)	1
Project 98640	Itayana	Intelligence ship	12,340 tonnes	2

Submarines

Class	Origin	Type	Displacement	Number in service	Note
Project 04261 (Claire-I)	Itayana / Zacapican	Diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK)	7,900 tonnes	8	Principal oceanic attack submarine
Project 04262 (Claire-II)	Itayana / Zacapican	Diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK)	7,900 tonnes	4	Improved oceanic attack submarine

Naval aviation

Name	Origin	Type	Number in service	Description
A16S	Elatia / Itayana	Navalized fighter-bomber	36	Heavy ship-borne fighter
K6M	Velikoslavia / Itayana	Maritime strike craft	8	Land-based anti-ship bomber
H4T	Zacapican / Itayana	Maritime patrol/strike craft	20	Primary maritime patrol craft, derived from the licensed Zacapine design