Coldwar Soviet Ships

Sovremenny class destroyers (1978)

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Proyekt 956 Sarytch, 21 destroyers: Sovremenny, Otchayanny, Otlichny, Osmotritelny, Bezuprechny, Boyevoy, Stoyky, Okrylyonny, Burny, Gremyashchy, Bystry, Rastoropny, Bezboyaznenny, Gremyashchy, Bespokoyny, Nastoychivy, Besstrashny. Incomplete 1990, completed for China: Vazhny, Vdumchivy, Vnushitelny, Vechny as Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Taizhou, Ningbo The Sovremenny missile Destroyers (Project 956, Sarych) were designed as replacement for the Kotlin, and despite cruiser dimensions and … Read more

Delta I class submarines (1970)

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Project 667B nuclear missile attack submarines Project 667B Murena: 18 ballistic submarines (Delta I). Project 667B Murena (NATO Delta I) were a class of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) derived closely from the previous Project 667A (NATO Yankee) but featuring the the D-9 complex, larger missiles and only twelve instead of sixteen. These R-29 … Read more

Kashin class destroyers (1964)

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Kashin class destroyers (1964) Project 61: 20 Missile Destroyers: Komsomolets Ukrainy, Soobrazitelny, Provorny, Odaryonny, Obraztsovy, Otvazhny, Steregushchy, Krasny Kavkaz, Reshitelny, Strogy, Smetlivy, Krasny Krym, Sposobny, Skory, Ognevoy, Stroyny, Slavny, Smyshlyony, Smely (ORP Warszawa). Project 61M: Sderzhanny Project 61E (Rajput class): INS Rajput, Rana, Ranjit, Ranvir, Ranvijay. These were Soviet standard missile destroyers of the 1960s-1970s. … Read more

Kiev Class (1972-82)

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Hybrid Cruiser Aircraft Carriers (1972-82) Project 1143 “Krechet” 1970-87: Kiev, Minsk Project 1143-3 Novorossiysk Project 1143-4 Admiral Gorschkov (Ex-Baku) The Project 1143 Krechet, NATO Kiev class, were a group of four very large vessels built for the Soviet Navy, representative of the rapid buildup and trans-oceanic ambitions of the Navy in the late 1970s. They … Read more

Yankee class submarines (1965)

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Project 667A nuclear missile attack submarines Project 667A Navaga, Project 667AU Nalim: 32 ballistic submarines (Yankee I). Later Project 667АМ “Navaga-М” (Yankee-II), 667АТ “Груша”, 667М “Андромеда” (Yankee Notch), 667АК “Аксон-1” (Yankee Pod), project 09780 “Аксон-2” (Yankee Big Nose), Project 09774/667АН (Yankee Stretch) Project 667A (NATO Yankee I) class submarines were the first Soviet ballistic missile … Read more

Poti class Corvettes (1960)

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66 completed under Project 204/204E 1960-68 MPK-1 to 136 (random numbers), in service until 2005, also used by the Bulgarian and Romanian Navies. Project 204 (NATO Poti class were sixty six anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvettes built for the Soviet Navy and the first Soviet warships ever powered by gas turbines, with tunneled propellers for a … Read more

Echo II class submarines

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Project 675 (NATO “ECHO II”) nuclear missile attack submarines 29 submarines 1961-1994: K-166, K-104, K-170, K-175, K-184, K-172, K-47, K-1, K-28, K-35, K-189, K-74, K-22, K-90, K-31, K-116, K-57, K-125, K-48, K-128, K-56, K-131, K-10, K-135, K-94, K-108, K-7, K-23, K-34 For NATO the whole 34 ECHO were quite close as to share the same … Read more

Echo I class submarines

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Project 659 (NATO “ECHO I”) nuclear missile attack submarines 5 submarines, Project 659 (1961-1963) К-45, К-59, К-66, К-122, К-151, К-30 (cancelled) The world’s first nuclear cruise missile launching submarines The Project 659 (NATO Echo class) inaugurated a brand new league in submarine design for the cold war. Just as the first tests were made to … Read more

Krupny and Kanin class Destroyers (1959)

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Project 57b, 57A (1959-1993) 8 conventional destroyers (1+ cancelled) built 1957-1960: Gremyashchy, Zhguchy, Zorky, Derzky, Gnevny, Uporny, Boyky, Gordy, Khrabry Project 57, First Soviet Missile Destroyers Project 57b destroyers (NATO Krupny) were derived from Project 56A ships (NATO Kotlin M), but equipped with missile launchers after conversion trials of Project 56M Kildin. They were among … Read more

Hotel class submarines (1959)

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Project 658 nuclear missile attack submarines 8 submarines, Project 658, 658M, 701, 658S, 658U (Hotel I-III, 1959-1962) К-19, К-33/54, К-55, К-40, К-16, К-145, K-149, K-178 Hotel class submarines (Project 658) – were the first Soviet SSBNs and world’s second class, five months after the Georges Washington class. They were not indeed of a design that … Read more