Soviet Navy

Soviet Navy Военно-морской флот СССР Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR
Naval Ensign
Active	1918–1991
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Armed Forces
Type	Navy
Size	467,000 personnel (1984) 1.053 ships (1990) 1,172 aircraft (1990) 5 aircraft carriers 2 helicopter carriers 3 battlecruisers 30 cruisers 45 destroyers 113 frigates 124 corvettes 63 ballistic missile submarines 72 cruise missile submarine 64 nuclear attack submarine 63 conventional attack submarine 9 auxiliary submarines 35 amphibious warfare ships 425 patrol boats
Nickname(s)	Red Fleet
Engagements	Russian Revolution Russian Civil War Polish–Soviet War Soviet–Japanese Border Wars Invasion of Poland (1939) Winter War Continuation War World War II Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945) Vietnam War 1966 Soviet submarine global circumnavigation Cold War
Commanders
Current commander	Fleet Admiral Vladimir N. Chernavin (last to command the navy)
Notable commanders	Fleet Admiral Sergey Gorshkov Fleet Admiral Nikolay Kuznetsov Vice Admiral Aleksandr Nemits Vice Admiral Yevgeny Berens Fleet Admiral Vasili Altfater Admiral Ivan Yumashev
Insignia
Naval Jack
Guards Red Banner naval ensign

The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР (ВМФ); Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR (VMF), literally "Military Maritime Fleet of the USSR") was the naval arm 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 plan in the event of a conflict with the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), or another conflict related to the Warsaw Pact. The influence of the Soviet Navy played a large role in the Cold War, as the majority of conflicts centered on naval forces.

The Soviet Navy was divided into four major fleets: the Northern, Pacific, Black Sea, and Baltic Fleets; under separate command was the Leningrad Naval Base. The Caspian Flotilla was a smaller force operating in the land-locked Caspian Sea. Main components of the Soviet Navy included Soviet Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Soviet Marines), and Coastal Artillery.

Most of the Soviet Navy was reformed into the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, while some elements became the basis of the Ukrainian, Azerbaijani and Georgian navies.

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