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The reason given is: The Ethiopian Navy was re-established.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Ethiopian Navy</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span title="Amharic-language text"><span lang="am">የኢትዮጵያ ባህር ኃይል</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_Ethiopian_Naval_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Logo_of_the_Ethiopian_Naval_Force.svg/220px-Logo_of_the_Ethiopian_Naval_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Logo_of_the_Ethiopian_Naval_Force.svg/330px-Logo_of_the_Ethiopian_Naval_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Logo_of_the_Ethiopian_Naval_Force.svg/440px-Logo_of_the_Ethiopian_Naval_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="185" data-file-height="221" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1955–1996<br />2019–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Ethiopia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">11,500 personnel (in 1991)<br />81 ships</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_National_Defense_Force" title="Ethiopian National Defense Force">Ethiopian National Defense Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bahir_Dar" title="Bahir Dar">Bahir Dar</a> (2019–present) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Addis_Ababa" title="Addis Ababa">Addis Ababa</a> (1990–1996)<br /><a href="/wiki/Massawa" title="Massawa">Massawa</a> (1955–1990)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Civil_War" title="Ethiopian Civil War">Ethiopian Civil War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_War_of_Independence" title="Eritrean War of Independence">Eritrean War of Independence</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">Supreme Commander</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ethiopia" title="President of Ethiopia">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Taye_Atske_Selassie" title="Taye Atske Selassie">Taye Atske Selassie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">Commander-in-chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ethiopia" title="Prime Minister of Ethiopia">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed" title="Abiy Ahmed">Abiy Ahmed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Ethiopia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)">Chief of General Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall" title="Generalfeldmarschall">Field Marshal General</a> <a href="/wiki/Birhanu_Jula_Gelalcha" class="mw-redirect" title="Birhanu Jula Gelalcha">Birhanu Jula</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Ethiopia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)">Deputy Chief of General Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Abebaw_Tadesse" title="Abebaw Tadesse">Abebaw Tadesse</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Ethiopian_Navy" title="Commander of the Ethiopian Navy">Chief of the Navy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> Kindu Gezu</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Deputy Chief of the Navy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> Nasir Abadiga</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval Ensign<br />(1955–1974)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_(1955%E2%80%931974).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281955%E2%80%931974%29.svg/150px-War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281955%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281955%E2%80%931974%29.svg/225px-War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281955%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281955%E2%80%931974%29.svg/300px-War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281955%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval Ensign<br />(1974–1975)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_(1974%E2%80%931975).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281974%E2%80%931975%29.svg/150px-War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281974%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281974%E2%80%931975%29.svg/225px-War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281974%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281974%E2%80%931975%29.svg/300px-War_Ensign_of_Ethiopia_%281974%E2%80%931975%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval Ensign<br />(1975–1996)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ethiopia_(1975%E2%80%931987).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281975%E2%80%931987%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281975%E2%80%931987%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281975%E2%80%931987%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281975%E2%80%931987%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281975%E2%80%931987%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281975%E2%80%931987%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval Ensign<br />(2019–present)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ethiopia_(2-3).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%282-3%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%282-3%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%282-3%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%282-3%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%282-3%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%282-3%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Aircraft flown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">Helicopter</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UH-1_Iroquois" class="mw-redirect" title="UH-1 Iroquois">UH-1 Iroquois</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mil Mi-8</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-14" title="Mil Mi-14">Mil Mi-14</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Ethiopian Navy</b> (<a href="/wiki/Amharic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Amharic language">Amharic</a>: <span lang="am">የኢትዮጵያ ባህር ኃይል</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Amharic" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Amharic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Amharic-language romanization"><i lang="am-Latn">ye’ītiyop’iya baḥiri ḫayil</i></span>), known as the <b>Imperial Ethiopian Navy</b> until 1974, is the <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">naval</a> branch of the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_National_Defense_Force" title="Ethiopian National Defense Force">Ethiopian National Defense Force</a> founded in 1955. It was disestablished in 1996 after the <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_War_of_Independence" title="Eritrean War of Independence">independence of Eritrea</a> in 1993, which left <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> landlocked. However, the Ethiopian Navy was re-established in 2019 as a <a href="/wiki/Brown-water_navy" title="Brown-water navy">brown water navy</a> and is based in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Tana" title="Lake Tana">Lake Tana</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bahir_Dar" title="Bahir Dar">Bahir Dar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amhara_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Amhara region">Amhara region</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Imperial_Ethiopian_Navy_(1955–1974)"><span id="Imperial_Ethiopian_Navy_.281955.E2.80.931974.29"></span>Imperial Ethiopian Navy (1955–1974)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Imperial Ethiopian Navy (1955–1974)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_of_the_navy">Founding of the navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding of the navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ethiopia regained a coastline and ports and army on the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> in 1950 when the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> decided to federate Eritrea with Ethiopia. In 1955, the Imperial Ethiopian Navy was founded,<sup id="cite_ref-conways1947-1982p304_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conways1947-1982p304-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its first (and primary) base was established at <a href="/wiki/Massawa" title="Massawa">Massawa</a> in 1956. The navy took delivery of its first ship in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-conways1947-1982p304_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conways1947-1982p304-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the early 1960s, workshops and other facilities were under construction at Massawa to give it complete naval base capabilities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organization">Organization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1958, the navy became a fully independent service, organized as one of the three Ethiopian armed services—alongside the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian Army">Ethiopian Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopian Air Force</a>—under the overall command of the Chief of Staff of the Imperial Armed Forces. The navy's deputy commander had his naval headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Addis_Ababa" title="Addis Ababa">Addis Ababa</a>. The navy was conceived and built as a coastal navy for patrolling the Red Sea coast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training_and_education">Training and education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Training and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Imperial Ethiopian Navy's personnel were among the best trained in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even before Ethiopia took control of Eritrea, the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> had seconded Ethiopian personnel to its bases in Eritrea to provide them with naval training. A naval college, where Ethiopian naval officers undertook a 52-month program of study, was founded at <a href="/wiki/Asmara" title="Asmara">Asmara</a> in 1956; each class admitted averaged 30 to 40 students in size, and they graduated with a naval <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">commission</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> degree.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957, a Naval <a href="/wiki/Non-Commissioned_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Commissioned Officer">Non-Commissioned Officer</a> School was established at Massawa as well. A <a href="/wiki/Frogman" title="Frogman">Frogman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Underwater_diving" title="Underwater diving">Diving</a> School for the training of a special <a href="/wiki/Commando" title="Commando">commando</a> unit and a Ratings' Training Establishment for the training of naval <a href="/wiki/Enlisted_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Enlisted man">enlisted men</a> also were established at Massawa by the late 1950s or early 1960s. Centers to provide enlisted men with training in technical specialities were established at <a href="/wiki/Aseb" class="mw-redirect" title="Aseb">Aseb</a>, Asmara, and Massawa.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Emperor" title="Emperor">Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Haile_Selassie_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Haile Selassie I">Haile Selassie I</a> appointed 25 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">officers</a> to help in organizing Ethiopia's new navy, and they oversaw much of the training. Retired British Royal Navy officers also served as trainers and advisers during Haile Selassie's reign. Some Imperial Ethiopian Navy officers received naval education at the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Naval_Academy" title="Italian Naval Academy">Italian Naval Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Livorno" title="Livorno">Livorno</a>, Italy, while others attended the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Forces">Forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Orca_(AVP-49)_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/USS_Orca_%28AVP-49%29_2.jpg/300px-USS_Orca_%28AVP-49%29_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/USS_Orca_%28AVP-49%29_2.jpg/450px-USS_Orca_%28AVP-49%29_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/USS_Orca_%28AVP-49%29_2.jpg/600px-USS_Orca_%28AVP-49%29_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="620" /></a><figcaption>The United States Navy <a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">seaplane tender</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Orca_(AVP-49)" title="USS Orca (AVP-49)">USS <i>Orca</i> (AVP-49)</a> off <a href="/wiki/Houghton,_Washington" title="Houghton, Washington">Houghton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, on 6 February 1944. She served in the Ethiopian Navy as the <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a> <i>Ethiopia</i> from 1962 to 1993 and was its largest ship.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Personnel">Personnel</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1958, the Imperial Ethiopian Navy had 129 personnel, increasing to 1,200 in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-conways1947-1982p304_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conways1947-1982p304-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its peak, the Imperial Ethiopian Navy had a force of 11,500 personnel. All enlisted men served seven-year enlistments as volunteers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ships">Ships</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The navy operated a mix of <a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">patrol boats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boats</a>, and small submersible boats transferred from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> and the navies of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> countries. </p><p>The Imperial Ethiopian Navy<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s first ship was a former U.S. Navy <a href="/w/index.php?title=PC-1604_class_submarine_chaser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PC-1604 class submarine chaser (page does not exist)"><i>PC-1604</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine_chaser" title="Submarine chaser">submarine chaser</a>, ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_PC-1616&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USS PC-1616 (page does not exist)">USS <i>PC-1616</i></a>, transferred to Ethiopia on 2 January 1957 via a loan scheme involving Italy and transferred to Italy on 3 May 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ethiopian ship was named after <a href="/wiki/Zerai_Deres" title="Zerai Deres">Zerai Deres</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> famous national patriot considered a <a href="/wiki/Folk_hero" title="Folk hero">folk hero</a>. </p><p>In 1962, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> transferred the former <a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">seaplane tender</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Orca_(AVP-49)" title="USS Orca (AVP-49)">USS <i>Orca</i> (AVP-49)</a> to Ethiopia; renamed <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_training_ship_Ethiopia_(A-01)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian training ship Ethiopia (A-01)"><i>Ethiopia</i> (A-01)</a> and placed in service as a <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a>, she was the Ethiopian Navy<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s largest ship throughout her 31 years of service. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Haile_Selassie_in_Navy_Uniform.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Haile_Selassie_in_Navy_Uniform.jpg/170px-Haile_Selassie_in_Navy_Uniform.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Haile_Selassie_in_Navy_Uniform.jpg/255px-Haile_Selassie_in_Navy_Uniform.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Haile_Selassie_in_Navy_Uniform.jpg/340px-Haile_Selassie_in_Navy_Uniform.jpg 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="741" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Haile_Selassie" title="Haile Selassie">Haile Selassie</a> in the uniform of the Ethiopian Navy.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bases">Bases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Imperial Ethiopian Navy established four bases: Massawa was the site of the naval headquarters and enlisted training facilities; the naval air station and naval academy were at Asmara; Assab was the site of a naval station, enlisted training facilities, and a repair dock; and there was a naval station and communications station on the <a href="/wiki/Dahlak_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Dahlak Islands">Dahlak Islands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> near Massawa.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communist_era_(1974–1991)"><span id="Communist_era_.281974.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Communist era (1974–1991)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Communist era (1974–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monument_ethiopia_navy_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Monument_ethiopia_navy_01.jpg/220px-Monument_ethiopia_navy_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Monument_ethiopia_navy_01.jpg/330px-Monument_ethiopia_navy_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Monument_ethiopia_navy_01.jpg/440px-Monument_ethiopia_navy_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Monument at the former headquarters of the Ethiopian Navy in 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Haile Selassie was deposed in 1974, and during the Communist-run governments of the Provisional Military Administrative Council or <a href="/wiki/Derg" title="Derg">Derg</a> of 1974 to 1977 and of <a href="/wiki/Mengistu_Haile_Mariam" title="Mengistu Haile Mariam">Mengistu Haile Mariam</a> that followed from 1977 to 1991, the Ethiopian Navy—no longer "Imperial"—was reoriented toward the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Officers continued to train in Ethiopia, but selected naval officers continued their studies at the Soviet naval academy in <a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>. After the Soviet Union changed their alliance from <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> to Ethiopia in the <a href="/wiki/Ogaden_War" title="Ogaden War">Ogaden War</a> in 1978, it established naval bases at Assab and on the Dahlak Islands and began to base <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Naval_Aviation" title="Soviet Naval Aviation">Soviet Naval Aviation</a> aircraft at <a href="/wiki/Asmara_International_Airport" title="Asmara International Airport">Asmara International Airport</a>; in addition, Soviet naval personnel took posts as instructors at the Ethiopian naval academy.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enlisted men continued to train at Massawa and served a seven-year enlistment. In 1982, the Ethiopian Navy had about 1,500 personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-conways1947-1982p304_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conways1947-1982p304-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The turn to the Soviet Union meant that the navy became a largely Soviet-equipped force. Although <i>Ethiopia</i> continued in her role as a training ship and remained Ethiopia's largest naval vessel, the United States ceased arms sales to Ethiopia in 1977, and Soviet-built patrol boats and <a href="/wiki/Missile_boat" title="Missile boat">missile boats</a> began to replace other ships. By 1991, the Ethiopian Navy had two <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a>, eight missile craft, six torpedo craft, six patrol boats, two amphibious craft, and two support and training craft, mostly of Soviet origin. </p><p>After the Derg seized power, the navy<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s six UH-1 helicopters were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopian Air Force</a>. At some point, the post-Imperial navy reportedly acquired two Soviet-made—perhaps <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mil Mi-8</a> (<a href="/wiki/NATO_reporting_name" title="NATO reporting name">NATO reporting name</a> "Hip") or <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-14" title="Mil Mi-14">Mil Mi-14</a> (NATO reporting name "Haze")—helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The navy also operated a coastal defense <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a> equipped with two truck-mounted <a href="/wiki/P-15_Termit" title="P-15 Termit">P-15 Termit</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">USDoD</a> designation "SSC-3"; NATO reporting name "Styx") coastal defense antiship <a href="/wiki/Cruise_missile" title="Cruise missile">cruise missile</a> launchers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role_in_the_Ethiopian_Civil_War_and_Eritrean_War_of_Independence">Role in the Ethiopian Civil War and Eritrean War of Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Role in the Ethiopian Civil War and Eritrean War of Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eritrean opposition to Eritrea<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s inclusion in Ethiopia broke out in a full-scale rebellion after the Derg took power in 1974, and this left the Ethiopian Navy in the difficult position of having all of its bases deep in rebel territory and on the front line of the <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_War_of_Independence" title="Eritrean War of Independence">Eritrean War of Independence</a>. In April 1977, the navy lost the Cape-class patrol boat <i>P-11</i>, with reports blaming the loss both on a storm and on an attack by the <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_People%27s_Liberation_Front" title="Eritrean People's Liberation Front">Eritrean People's Liberation Front</a> (EPLF) during the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Massawa" title="First Battle of Massawa">First Battle of Massawa</a>. If she was lost to EPLF action, <i>P-11</i> was the only Ethiopian Navy ship ever lost in combat.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ethiopian Navy contributed nothing to Ethiopia<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s victory over <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ogaden_War" title="Ogaden War">Ogaden War</a> of 1978, and Mengistu increasingly began to divert resources from the navy to the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian Army">Ethiopian Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopian Air Force</a>. As a result, the Ethiopian Navy began to decline further in its capabilities. </p><p>The Ethiopian Navy lost both its main port and its highway connection to the Ethiopian interior when the EPLF captured Massawa during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Massawa" title="Second Battle of Massawa">Second Battle of Massawa</a> in February 1990, forcing the navy<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s headquarters to move inland to Addis Ababa. The Eritrean rebellion spread to the Dahlak Islands, where the EPLF damaged the <a href="/wiki/Petya-class_frigate" title="Petya-class frigate">Petya II-class</a> frigate <i>F-1616</i> beyond repair. EPLF successes left Ethiopian Navy bases increasingly isolated as 1990 wore on. By the spring of 1991, the navy<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s ships had begun to use ports in <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> because of the danger of returning to their home bases. In late May 1991, the EPLF captured Asmara and surrounded Assab, where fire from its ground forces sank seven Ethiopian Navy ships in port. On 25 May 1991, the 14 Ethiopian Navy ships capable of putting to sea fled Assab, ten of them steaming to Yemen and the others to Saudi Arabia, leaving behind seven ships and a variety of small craft. Assab fell to the EPLF soon after.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="End_of_the_navy_(1991–1996)"><span id="End_of_the_navy_.281991.E2.80.931996.29"></span>End of the navy (1991–1996)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: End of the navy (1991–1996)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monument_ethiopia_navy_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Monument_ethiopia_navy_02.jpg/220px-Monument_ethiopia_navy_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Monument_ethiopia_navy_02.jpg/330px-Monument_ethiopia_navy_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Monument_ethiopia_navy_02.jpg/440px-Monument_ethiopia_navy_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Disused monument and fountain on the grounds of the former headquarters of the Ethiopian Navy in Guele, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The facilities now serve as the headquarters of the East African Standby Force (EASF), <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a>'s contribution to the <a href="/wiki/African_Standby_Force" title="African Standby Force">African Standby Force</a>. The monument now faces a housing block used by staff and students attending EASF.</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Civil_War" title="Ethiopian Civil War">Ethiopian Civil War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_War_of_Independence" title="Eritrean War of Independence">Eritrean War of Independence</a> both ended in 1991 soon after the fall of Assab, and Eritrea became independent, leaving Ethiopia landlocked. The Ethiopian Navy remained in existence, left in the curious and unusual position of having no home ports. Nonetheless, directed by its headquarters in Addis Ababa, it continued occasional patrols in the Red Sea from ports in Yemen. In 1993, Yemen finally expelled the Ethiopian ships; by then some had deteriorated too much to be seaworthy, and the Ethiopians left them behind in Yemen. <i>Ethiopia</i> had become a hulk after arriving in Yemen in 1991 and was sold for scrap in 1993; other Ethiopian ships were also scrapped or scuttled.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Those ships which could get underway from Yemen in 1993 moved to Djibouti. For a time it was thought that the Ethiopian Navy might survive, based at Assab in Eritrea or at Djibouti, and Ethiopia even requested that Eritrea lease it pier space at Assab from which to operate the surviving Ethiopian Navy. Eritrea refused the request. Proposals also were made for Eritrea and Ethiopia to divide the ships, with ships manned by both countries operating from Eritrean ports as a kind of successor to the Ethiopian Navy, but Eritrea soon expressed a desire to organize an entirely separate <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Navy" title="Eritrean Navy">Eritrean Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1996, Djibouti was tired of having a foreign navy in its ports. The Ethiopian Navy had fallen behind in paying its harbor dues, and under this pretext Djibouti seized all of the remaining ships on 16 September 1996 and put them up for auction to pay the back dues. Eritrea expressed interest in 16 of them, but finally limited itself to purchasing only four of them—an <a href="/wiki/Osa-class_missile_boat" title="Osa-class missile boat">Osa-II class</a> <a href="/wiki/Missile_boat" title="Missile boat">missile boat</a> and three <a href="/w/index.php?title=Swiftships_Shipbuilders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swiftships Shipbuilders (page does not exist)">Swiftships Shipbuilders</a> patrol craft—in order to avoid exacerbating an international crisis with Yemen. The rest of the ships were scrapped.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later in 1996, the Ethiopian Navy<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s headquarters in Addis Ababa disbanded, and the Ethiopian Navy ceased to exist. Its only remnant was the patrol boat <i>GB-21</i>; moved inland to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Tana" title="Lake Tana">Lake Tana</a> and manned by <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian Army">Ethiopian Army</a> personnel, she survived as of 2009 as Ethiopia<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s only military watercraft.<sup id="cite_ref-harpoon_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpoon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Revival_(2018–present)"><span id="Revival_.282018.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Revival (2018–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Revival (2018–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2018, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed" title="Abiy Ahmed">Abiy Ahmed</a> called for the eventual reconstitution of the Ethiopian Navy as part of a wider program of security sector reforms, saying that "we should build our naval force capacity in the future".<sup id="cite_ref-new_navy_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new_navy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2019, Abiy Ahmed signed defense accords with France's <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a>, including on support in establishing a naval component.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ethiopian Navy is based in Djibouti, and its headquarters is in <a href="/wiki/Bahir_Dar" title="Bahir Dar">Bahir Dar</a>, Ethiopia.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Navy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ethiopia" title="Regions of Ethiopia">Regions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Regions_of_Ethiopia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of governors of the Regions of Ethiopia">Governors</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_zones_of_Ethiopia" title="List of zones of Ethiopia">Zones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Ethiopia" title="Districts of Ethiopia">Woredas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ethiopia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Ethiopia">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wards_of_Ethiopia" title="Wards of Ethiopia">Kebele</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ethiopia" title="Politics of Ethiopia">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1995_Constitution_of_Ethiopia" title="1995 Constitution of Ethiopia">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutions_of_Ethiopia" title="Constitutions of Ethiopia">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ethiopia" title="Government of Ethiopia">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ethiopia" title="President of Ethiopia">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Ethiopia" title="List of presidents of Ethiopia">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ethiopia" title="Prime Minister of Ethiopia">Prime Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Ethiopia" title="List of heads of government of 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