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Soviet naval

Soviet Navy
Военно-морской флот СССР
Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR
Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union.svg
Active 1918–1991
Country  Soviet Union
Branch State Emblem of the Soviet Union.svg 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 Naval Jack of the Soviet Union.svg
Guards Red Banner naval ensign USSR, Naval 1950 redban guards.svg

The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР (ВМФ), translit. Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR (VMF), lit. '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 opposing super power, the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), or another conflict related to the Warsaw Pact of Eastern Europe. The influence of the Soviet Navy played a large role in the Cold War (1945-1991), 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.


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