The Soviet Navy was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy made up a...
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succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States (which had itself succeeded the Soviet Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late...
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This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy. In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile...
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Cruise-missile submarine (redirect from SSG (US Navy))
from USS Florida, 2008 USS Georgia underway, 2012 The Soviet Navy (and its successor, the Russian Navy) has operated a wide variety of dedicated cruise missile...
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"aviation of the military maritime fleet") was the naval aviation arm of the Soviet Navy. The first naval aviation units in Russia were formed in 1912–1914 as...
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Romanian Naval Forces (redirect from Romanian Navy)
the Soviet minesweeper T-410 Vzryv, accompanied by Amiral Murgescu, was sunk by a German submarine, the Soviet Navy accused the Royal Romanian Navy of...
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Submarines of the Soviet Navy were developed by numbered "projects", which were sometimes but not always given names. During the Cold War, NATO nations...
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Sverdlov-class cruiser (redirect from Soviet cruiser Kronstadt (1954))
Sverdlov-class cruisers, Soviet designation Project 68bis, were the last conventional gun cruisers built for the Soviet Navy. They were built in the 1950s...
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This is a list of naval flags of the Soviet Union. List of Russian navy flags List of Russian flags...
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Royal Navy officer to receive both the American Navy Cross and the British Victoria Cross (Royal Navy, 1927) Ivan Travkin, Soviet Union (Soviet Navy, 1942)...
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first time to offer true blue water naval aviation capability for the Soviet Navy. The ship would have been equipped with steam catapults that could launch...
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USS Maddox (DD-168) (redirect from Soviet destroyer Zhostki)
(I40), to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Georgetown, and then to the Soviet Navy as Doblestny (or Zhyostky; sources vary). She was the last "four piper"...
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'sentry') was a Soviet Navy Project 1135 Burevestnik-class anti-submarine frigate (NATO reporting name Krivak I). After commissioning, the Soviet Navy assigned...
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Finland by Finnish, Soviet and German naval forces. The Soviet Navy laid 16,179 mines and 2,441 mine sweeping obstacles, the Finnish navy 6,382 mines, and...
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ballistic-missile submarine that served in the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy. It was one of six Project 629 strategic ballistic-missile submarines...
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USS Yarnall (DD-143) (redirect from Soviet destroyer Druzhny)
to the Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Lincoln, and subsequently to the Soviet Navy as Druzhny. Named for John Yarnall, she was laid down on 12 February...
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of Bulgaria was a part of the Eastern Bloc and the navy was reorganized and supplied with Soviet-made equipment. It participated in various Warsaw Pact...
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Baku (Russian: Баку) was a Kiev-class aircraft carrier of the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1987 to 1996. In 1991 the ship was renamed Admiral Flota...
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The Hunt for Red October (redirect from Red Navy Hymn)
book genre of techno-thriller into the mainstream. During the Cold War, Soviet Navy submarine commander Marko Ramius plans to defect to the United States...
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military service law of September 1925, the Soviet Armed Forces consisted of the Ground Forces, the Air Forces, the Navy, the State Political Directorate (OGPU)...
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nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Soviet Navy; the only submarine of her design class. In the inventory of the Soviet military, K-278 was unique for her...
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Soviet submarine K-129 may refer to one or both of the following submarines of the Soviet Navy: Soviet submarine K-129 (1960), a Golf-class (Project 629)...
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Soviet submarine B-59 (Russian: Б-59) was a Project 641 or Foxtrot-class diesel-electric submarine of the Soviet Navy. B-59 was stationed near Cuba during...
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USS Crowninshield (redirect from Soviet destroyer Dzerki)
Royal Navy where she was named HMS Chelsea, and subsequently to the Soviet Navy where she was named Derzky. Crowninshield was launched 24 July 1919 by...
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aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1978 to 1994. She was the second Kiev-class vessel to...
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List of ships of Russia by project number (redirect from Project Number (Soviet Navy classification))
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Soviet and Russian ships by known assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned...
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Soviet submarine S-363 was a Soviet Navy Whiskey-class submarine of the Baltic Fleet. Under the designation U137 it ran aground on 27 October 1981 on the...
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United States Navy would maintain a tonnage greater than that of the next 17 largest navies combined. During the Cold War, the Soviet Navy became a significant...
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Kirov-class battlecruiser (redirect from Soviet battlecruiser Dzerzhinsky)
Iowa-class battleships by the United States Navy in the 1980s. The Kirov class hull-design was also used for the Soviet nuclear-powered command and control ship...
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Navaga-class ballistic missile submarine (NATO reporting name Yankee I) of the Soviet Navy. It carried 16 R-27U liquid-fuel missiles powered by UDMH with nitrogen...
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