Soviet Navy

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Soviet Navy
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The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР (ВМФ), tr. Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR (VMF), lit. Military Maritime Fleet of the USSR) was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. It was usually called the Red Fleet (Russian: Красный флот, tr. Krasnyy flot).

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The Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning if a war were to every start with the opposing superpower, the United States, during the Cold War period between the two countries.[2] The Soviet Navy played a large role during the Cold War (1945-1991). It confronted the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Western Europe and helped to keep the Soviet sphere of influence in eastern Europe.[3]

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Fleets

The Soviet Navy was divided into four major fleets: the Northern, Pacific, Black Sea, and Baltic Fleets. It also had a smaller force, the Caspian Flotilla, which worked in the Caspian Sea and was followed by a larger fleet, the 5th Squadron, in the Middle East. The Soviet Navy included Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry, and the Coastal Artillery.

Disestablishment

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation took the largest part of the Soviet Navy and turned it into the Russian Navy. The rest of the Soviet Navy were given to the other post-Soviet states.

Inventory

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The Typhoon-class submarine is the largest class of submarine ever built

In 1990, the Soviet Navy had:[4]

  • 63 ballistic missile submarines:
6 Project 941 (Typhoon-class) submarines
40 Project 667B (Delta-class) submarines
12 Project 667A (Yankee-class) submarines
5 Project 658 (Hotel-class) submarines
  • 72 cruise missile submarines:
6 Oscar-class submarines
6 Yankee Notch submarines
14 Charlie-class submarines
30 Echo-class submarines
16 Juliett-class submarines
  • 68 nuclear attack submarines:
5 Akula-class submarines
2 Sierra-class submarines
6 Alfa-class submarines
46 Victor-class submarines
6 November-class submarines
3 Yankee SSN submarine
  • 63 conventional attack submarines:
18 Kilo-class submarines
20 Tango-class submarines
25 Foxtrot-class submarines
1 Beluga-class submarine
1 Lima-class submarine
2 India-class submarines
4 Bravo-class submarines
1 Losos-class submarine
1 Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
4 Kiev-class aircraft carriers
2 Moskva-class helicopter carriers
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Kirov-class battlecruiser is a class of nuclear-powered warship
3 Kirov-class battlecruisers
3 Slava-class cruisers
7 Kara-class cruisers
4 Kresta I-class cruisers
10 Kresta II-class cruisers
4 Kynda-class cruisers
2 Sverdlov-class cruisers
11 Sovremennyy-class destroyers
11 Udaloy-class destroyers
18 Kashin-class destroyers
3 Kanin-class destroyers
2 Kildin-class destroyers
32 Krivak-class frigates
1 Koni-class frigates
18 Mirka-class frigates
31 Petya-class frigates
31 Riga-class frigates
10 Parchim-class corvettes
36 Nanuchka-class corvettes
78 Grisha-class corvettes
  • 42 amphibious warfare ships:
3 Ivan Rogov-class landing ships
19 Ropucha-class landing ships
14 Alligator-class landing ships
6 Polnocny-class landing ships
  • ≈425 patrol boats
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