Soviet Navy

The Soviet Navy () was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. It was usually called  the Red Fleet (). 

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.  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.
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 
In 1990, the Soviet Navy had:

 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 s
 6 Yankee Notch submarines
 14 s
 30 s
 16 s

 68 nuclear attack submarines:

 5 s
 2 s
 6 s
 46 s
 6 s
 3 Yankee SSN submarine

 63 conventional attack submarines:

 18 s
 20 s
 25 s

 9 auxiliary submarines

 1 
 1 
 2 s
 4 s
 1 

 7 aircraft carriers / helicopter carriers:

 1 
 4 s
 2 s

 3 battlecruisers:


 3 s

 30 cruisers:

 3 s
 7 s
 4 s
 10 s
 4 s
 2 s

 45 destroyers:

 11 s
 11 s
 18 s
 3 s
 2 s

 113 frigates:

 32 s
 1 s
 18 s
 31 s
 31 s

 124 corvettes:

 10 s
 36 s
 78 s

 42 amphibious warfare ships:

 3 s
 19 s
 14 s
 6 s

 ≈425 patrol boats

 References 

 Bibliography 

 Goldstein, Lyle; Zhukov, Yuri (2004). "A Tale of Two Fleets: A Russian Perspective on the 1973 Naval Standoff in the Mediterranean". Naval War College Review.
 Goldstein, Lyle; John Hattendorf; Zhukov, Yuri. (2005) "The Cold War at Sea: An International Appraisal". Journal of Strategic Studies. ISSN 0140-2390
 Gorshkov, Sergeĭ Georgievich. Red Star Rising at Sea (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1974)

 Nilsen, Thomas; Kudrik, Igor; Nikitin, Aleksandr (1996). Report 2: 1996: The Russian Northern Fleet. Oslo/St. Petersburg: Bellona Foundation. . Chapter 8, "Nuclear submarine accidents".
 Oberg, James (1988). Uncovering Soviet Disasters . New York: Random House. .
 Rohwer, Jürgen, and Mikhail S. Monakov, Stalin's Ocean-Going Fleet: Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programmes, 1935–1953 (Psychology Press, 2001)


 Sontag, Sherry; Drew, Christopher; Drew, Annette Lawrence (1998). Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. Harper. .

 Other websites 

 Russian Navy
 Admiral Gorshkov and the Soviet Navy
 Soviet Submarines
 Red Fleet
 Flags & Streamers 
 Warship Listing
 Russian Navy Weapons 
 All Soviet Warships – Complete Ship List (English)
 All Soviet Submarines – Complete Ship List (English)
 Understanding Soviet naval developments.
 Learn about Soviet Navy 

Category:Disbanded navies
Category:1918 establishments in Russia
Category:1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union
Category:Military of the Soviet Union