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
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
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
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
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
3(10) cruisers – Atlant-class, Project 1164 (1972-today): Moskva (ex-Slava), Marshal Ustinov, Varyag (ex-Chervona Ukraina), Ukraina (ex-Komsomolets, ex-Admiral Flota Lobov), Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya (Cancelled, BU), Admiral Gorshkov, Varyag, Sevastopol, one more (all planned, cancelled) The Slava-class missile cruisers (Project 1164, for early NATO Black Com-2, then Krasina) were anti-ship units scheduled to the four Kynda, reaching their … Read more
Project 641 (NATO “FOXTROT”) conventional attack submarines 58 (75 with other countries) submarines (1957-2014), B-series (random numbers). Development To replace the first post-war ocean-going boats of Project 611 (NATO Zulu), in the late 1950s, TsKB-18 developed a new project, designated 641. The chief designer of the project was S. A. Egorov, then this post was … Read more
250 Corvettes: Poti, Nanuchka, Tarantul, Pauk Introduction Corvettes are, yesterday like now, small warships designed for coastal defense or escort roles. They typically have a smaller displacement than frigates and destroyers. The Soviet Navy mass-built them while searching what role to give them, and the new Russian Navy has developed and deployed various corvettes over … Read more
Project 629 (NATO “GOLF”) conventional ballistic missile submarines 23 submarines, Projects 629, 629B, 629A, 601, 605, 619, 629R, 6631/031 (1956-1990) The first soviet strategic submarines The Golf class submarines (Project 629) were the first Soviet SSBs and world’s only Conventional class of ballistic armed strategic submarines (The Zulu V were experimental), commissioned one year before … Read more
Project 1135 Burevestnik (Bditelnyy class) ASW Frigates 33 ASW Frigates, NATO Krivak I, II, III and IV, 1975-1990 Bditelnyy, Bodryy, Svirepyy, Silnyy, Storozhevoy, Razumnyy, Raziashchiy, Druzhnyy, Dostoynyy, Doblestnyy, Deyatelnyy, Bezzavetnyy, Dnipropetrovsk, Bezukoriznennyy, Ladnyy, Poryvistyy, Zharkiy, Retivyy, Letuchiy, Pylkiy, Zadornyy, Pytlivyy, Rezvyy, Liogkiy, Rezkiy, Razitelnyy, Sevastopol, Groziashchiy, Neukrotimyy, Gromkiy, Bessmennyy, Gordelivyy, R’yanyy, Revnostnyy, Pytlivyy The Krivak … Read more
