page_title: Soviet Navy
section_title: Inventory
hierarchical_section_title: Soviet Navy / Cold War (1945–1991) / Inventory
caption_attribution_description: A starboard bow view of the Soviet Kirov Class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser FRUNZE underway. (Soviet Military Power, 1986. published by Defense Intelligence Agency.)
context_page_description: 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 was a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning in the event of a conflict with the opposing superpower, the United States, during the cold war period between the two countries. The influence of the Soviet Navy played a large role in the events involving the Cold War, as the majority of conflicts centered with the American-led alliance in the Western Europe or power projection to maintain its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
  The Soviet Navy's organizational structure was divided into four major fleets: the Northern, Pacific, Black Sea, and Baltic Fleets, which were under the separate command was the Leningrad Naval Base. In addition, Soviet Navy had a smaller fleet, Caspian Flotilla, operated in the Caspian Sea and followed by a larger fleet, 5th Squadron, in the Middle East. The Soviet Navy included the Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry, and the Coastal Artillery.
context_section_description: Soviet Navy in 1990:
  63 ballistic missile submarines
  6 Project 941 (Typhoon-class) submarine
  40 Project 667B (Delta-class) submarine
  12 Project 667A (Yankee-class) submarine
  5 Project 658 (Hotel-class) submarine
  72 cruise missile submarines
  6 Oscar-class submarine
  6 Yankee Notch submarine
  14 Charlie-class submarine
  30 Echo-class submarine
  16 Juliett-class submarine
  68 nuclear attack submarines
  5 Akula-class submarine
  2 Sierra-class submarine
  6 Alfa-class submarine
  46 Victor-class submarine
  6 November-class submarine
  3 Yankee SSN submarine
  63 conventional attack submarines
  18 Kilo-class submarine
  20 Tango-class submarine
  25 Foxtrot-class submarine
  9 auxiliary submarine
  1 Beluga-class submarine
  1 Lima-class submarine
  2 India-class submarine
  4 Bravo-class submarine
  1 Losos-class submarine
  7 aircraft carriers / helicopter carriers
  1 Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
  4 Kiev-class aircraft carrier
  2 Moskva-class helicopter carrier
  3 battlecruisers
  3 Kirov-class battlecruiser
  30 cruisers
  3 Slava-class cruiser
  7 Kara-class cruiser
  4 Kresta I-class cruiser
  10 Kresta II-class cruiser
  4 Kynda-class cruiser
  2 Sverdlov-class cruiser
  45 destroyers
  11 Sovremennyy-class destroyer
  11 Udaloy-class destroyer
  18 Kashin-class destroyer
  3 Kanin-class destroyer
  2 Kildin-class destroyer
  113 frigates
  32 Krivak-class frigate
  1 Koni-class frigate
  18 Mirka-class frigate
  31 Petya-class frigate
  31 Riga-class frigate
  124 corvettes
  10 Parchim-class corvette
  36 Nanuchka-class corvette
  78 Grisha-class corvette
  41 amphibious warfare ships
  2 Ivan Rogov-class landing ship
  19 Ropucha-class landing ship
  14 Alligator-class landing ship
  6 Polnocny-class landing ship
  ≈425 patrol boats
caption: Kirov-class battlecruiser is a class of nuclear-powered warship.
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