''Cantiere navale del Muggiano'' (Muggiano Shipyard) is a defunct Italian shipbuilding company. Founded in 1883 in

Muggiano Lerici (, locally ) is a ''comune'' in the province of La Spezia, in the Italian region of Liguria, part of the Italian Riviera. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia, southeast of La Spezia. It is known as the place where the p ...

, it was combined with the

Cantiere navale di Ancona ''Cantiere navale di Ancona'' (Ancona Shipyard) is an Italian shipyard. History Active in Roman and medieval times, it was refounded in 1843 when Ancona was under the control of the Papal States. Acquired by Rodolfo Hofer in 1899, it was com ...

into the Officine e Cantieri Liguri-Anconetani in 1899 and then, together with the Cantiere navale di Palermo, amalgamated into Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) on 31 January 1906.

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, owners of the adjacent

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shipyard, purchased the shipyard from CNR in 1913 to increase their production capacity. Gio. Ansaldo & C. bought out

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in 1918 and the company was renamed Ansaldo-San Giorgio. Ansaldo was forced to sell its half to

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in 1921. Once Odero gained control of the

Vickers-Terni OTO Melara was a subsidiary of the Italian company Finmeccanica, today Leonardo, active in the defence sector, with factories in Brescia and La Spezia. From 1 January 2016, the activities of OTO Melara merged into Leonardo's Defence Systems Div ...

armament works in 1927, he amalgamated the shipyard with his other facilities into Odero-Terni. He acquired the

Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando (Orlando Brothers Shipyard) is a historical Italian shipyard in Livorno. History It was founded by Luigi Orlando and his brothers Giuseppe, Paolo and Salvatore who moved to Livorno from Genoa where in 1858 they h ...

in 1929 and renamed the company, Società per la Costruzione di Navi, Macchine ed Artiglierie Odero-Terni-Orlando (OTO) (later

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). It was merged into Fincantieri in 1984.

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