Pietro Barone (Modica, 9 April 1881 – Naples, 28 November 1975) was an Italian admiral during World War II.

In 1905 he was in the Far East with the protected cruiser Calabria; in 1911-1912, with the rank of lieutenant, he was military commander of the hired steamer Enrichetta during the Italo-Turkish war.

[1][2] During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he was superior naval commander in East Africa, with the rank of rear admiral, upgrading the port of Massawa to receive the huge influx of troops and supplies from Italy, an activity for which he received the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy.

He was later promoted to vice admiral, receiving command of the 4th Cruiser Division (with flag on Giovanni delle Bande Nere and later on Alberto Di Giussano) in 1937-1938.

After the armistice of Cassibile he remained loyal to the royal government, assuming the position of undersecretary and then general director of the Merchant Navy from September 1943 to May 1944, after which he was discharged from active service.