Editing Armed Forces of Uruguay (section)

==Navy (Armada Nacional)==
{{Main|National Navy of Uruguay}}

The Navy consists of about 5,700 personnel under command of Admiral Jorge Wilson<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sr. Comandante en Jefe|url=https://www.armada.mil.uy/index.php/institucion/sr-comandante-en-jefe|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.armada.mil.uy}}</ref> and is organized into four commands: the Fleet Command (''Comando de la Flota'' or ''COMFLO''), the Coast Guard (''Prefectura Nacional Naval'' or ''PRENA''), the Chief Directorate of Naval Materiel (''Dirección General de Material Naval'' or ''DIMAT''), and the Chief Directorate of Naval Personnel (''Dirección General de Personal Naval'' or ''DIPER'').  The Navy General Staff (''Estado Mayor General de la Armada'' or ''ESMAY'') acts as an advisory body to the admiral.

The current fleet consists of one ex-German [[Lüneburg-class replenishment ship]], refitted with helipad and used for helicopter patrol and transport and named ROU 04 ''General Artigas'', one former [[United States Coast Guard]] (USCG) Cape-class cutter, named ROU 11 ''Río Negro'', three former USCG Marine Protector-class patrol boat, named as ROU 14 ''Río Arapey'', ROU 15 ''Río de la Plata'' and ROU 16 ''Río Yaguaron'', three ex-East German [[List of naval ship classes in service#Minesweepers|''Kondor II'' class]] minesweepers, a three-masted [[staysail]] [[schooner]] named ''[[Capitán Miranda (schooner)|Capitán Miranda]]'' (ROU 20) and other smaller craft.

The Navy also includes Marine Corps and a small Naval Air Station at [[Laguna del Sauce]], equipped with two [[Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor|Beechcraft T-34C-1 Turbo Mentors]], two [[Beechcraft Super King Air]] and three [[Cessna O-2 Skymaster|Cessna O-2A Skymasters]] fixed-wing aircraft, and two [[Bell 412]] and one [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|Bell OH-58A Kiowa]] helicopters.

The Uruguayan Naval Academy (''Escuela Naval'' or ''ESNAL'') is located in [[Carrasco, Montevideo|Carrasco]], a suburb of [[Montevideo]]. Instruction consists of a 4-year course of study culminating in a cruise on the instructional [[tall ship]] ''Capitán Miranda'', which lasts several weeks and takes graduates to various ports around the world.