Project 641B Som (NATO “TANGO”) conventional attack submarines 18 submarines (1972-2016), B-series (random numbers). The B-443 class or Project 541B Som (“Catfish”), NATO “Tango” were a serie of diesel-electric attack submarines built in Krasnoye Sormovo, Gorkiy, Soviet Union, to replace the Foxtrot-class submarines of the Black Sea Northern Fleets. The first was completed in 1972, … Read more
13 destroyers (15 planned) 1980-today: Udaloy, Vice-Admiral Kulakov, Marshal Vasilyevsky, Admiral Zakharov, Admiral Spiridonov, Admiral Tributs, Marshal Shaposhnikov, Admiral Levchenko, Admiral Vinogradov, Admiral Kharlamov, Admiral Panteleyev, Admiral Chabanenko (Udaloy II) The Udaloy class missile destroyers (Project 1155 Fregat) were designed as substitutes for the Kotlin class, and despite cruiser dimensions and construction in the same … Read more
Project 667BDR ‘Kalmar’ nuclear missile attack submarines 14 ballistic submarines (Delta III). The Delta III class SSBNs of the ex-Soviet, now Russian Navy are originally known as the Project 667BDR Kaľmar (Squid): Fourteen large ballistic missile submarine, double hulled design, within low magnetic steel outer hull and designed around their sixteen new RSM-50 R-29R “Vysota” … Read more
Project 651: 16 SSG Conventional Missile Attack submarines (NATO Juliett). Project 651 submarines (NATO Juliett) were conventionally powered cruise-missile launching submarines developed in the Soviet Union in the late 1950s as a way to combat US Navy carrier battle groups (CBG). It was planned to mass-produce them, and 35 were ordered initially, until the serie … Read more
Project 667B nuclear missile attack submarines Project 667BD Murena-M: 4 ballistic submarines (Delta II). With just four boats, the 667BD Murena-M (NATO Delta II) were an evolution of the Delta I nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. They were essentially correcting shortcomings with the Delta I design, and while remaining largely the same overall, a new section … Read more
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
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) 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
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
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
