List of ships of the Soviet Navy

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This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy.

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Soviet Ship Type Designations

Russian TerminologyEnglish Translation
AKArtilleriyskiy KaterArtillery Cutter
BDKBol'shoy Desantnyy Korabl'Large Landing Ship
BPKBol'shoy Protivolodochnyy Korabl'Large Anti-Submarine Ship
BRKBol'shoy Raketnyy Korabl'Large Missile Ship
BTBazovyy Tral'shchikBase Minesweeper
DKDesantnyy Korabl'Landing Ship
DKVPDesantnyy Korabl' Na Vozdushnoy PodushkeAir-Cushion Landing Ship
EHOSEkspeditsionnoye Okeanograficheskoye SudnoExpeditionary Oceanographic Vessel
EMEskadrennyy MinonosetsDestroyer
GKSGidroakusticheskoye Kontrol'noye SudnoHydroacoustic Monitoring Vessel
GSGidrograficheskoye SudnoHydrographic Vessel
KILKilektorLift Ship
KRKreyserCruiser
KRZKorabl' Razvedyvatel'nyyIntelligence Ship
KSKabel'noye SudnoCable Vessel
KSVKorabl' SvyazeyCommunications Ship
KTsKontrol'naya Tsel'Controlled Target
KVNKorabl' Vozdushnogo NablyudeniyaRadar Surveillance Ship
LDKLedokolIcebreaker
MBMorskoy BuksirSeagoing Tug
MPKMalyy ProtivolodochnyySmall Anti-Submarine Ship
MRKMalyy Raketnyy Korabl'Small Missile Ship
MTMorskoy Tral'shchikSeagoing Minesweeper
MVTMorskoy Vodnyy TankerSeagoing Water Tanker
OSOpitnoye SudnoExperimental Vessel
PBPlavuchaya BazaFloating Base
PKAProtivolodochnyy KaterAnti-Submarine Cutter
PKRProtivolodochnyy KreyserAnti-Submarine Cruiser
PLPodvodnaya LodkaSubmarine
PLAPodvodnaya Lodka AtomnayaSubmarine (nuclear)
PLARBPodvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya Raketnaya BallisticheskayaBallistic Missile Submarine (nuclear)
PLARKPodvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya Raketnaya KrylatayaCruise Missile Submarine (nuclear)
PLRBPodvodnaya Lodka Raketnaya BallisticheskayaBallistic Missile Submarine
PLRKPodvodnaya Lodka Raketnaya KrylatayaCruise Missile Submarine
PSKRPogranichniy Storozhevoy Korabl'Border Patrol Ship
RKARaketnyy KaterMissile Cutter
RKRRaketnyy KreyserMissile Cruiser
SBSpasatel'nyy BuksirRescue Tug
SBRSudno Bol'shogo RazmagnichivanyaLarge Deperming Vessel
SDKSrednyy Desantnyy Korabl'Medium Landing Ship
SKRStorozhevoy Korabl'Patrol Ship
SRSudno RazmagnichivanyaDeperming Vessel
SSSpasatel'noye SudnoSalvage Vessel
SSVSudno SvyazyyCommunications Vessel
TAKRTakticheskoye Avianosnyy KreyserTactical Aircraft Carrying Cruiser
TKATorpednyy KaterTorpedo Cutter
USUchebnoye SudnoTraining Vessel
VTVoyennyy TankerMilitary Tanker
VTRVoyennyy TransportMilitary Transport
ZMZagraditel' MinnyyMinelayer

Corvettes / MPK, MRK

In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK).

Guardships / SKR

In the Soviet Navy, frigates were classified as guard ships (SKR)

Gunboats

Destroyers / BPK, BRK, EM

In the Soviet Navy, smaller ships under the designation of Large Antisubmarine Ships (BPK) alongside those classified as Large Missile Ship (BRK) were also categorized as destroyers by NATO.

Cruisers / KR, RKR

NameClassBuiltIn ServiceStatusImage
Aurora Diana class 19031903-1945Museum ship since 1956
Cruiser Aurora.jpg
Komintern Bogatyr-class 19051905-1942Sunk 1942
Pamyat' Merkuriya 01.jpg
Chervona Ukraina Admiral Nakhimov-class 19271927-1941Sunk 1941, raised and used as a target
Chervona Ukraina.jpg
Krasny Krym Svetlana-class cruiser 19281928-1959Scrapped 1959
Krasnyy Krym 01.jpg
Krasny Kavkaz Admiral Nakhimov-class 19321932-1952Sunk as target 1952
KrasnyyKavkaz1930s1.jpg
Kirov Kirov-class cruiser 19381938-1974Scrapped in 1974
Kirov1941-2.jpg
Voroshilov Kirov-class cruiser 19401940-1973Scrapped 1973
Maxim Gorky Kirov-class cruiser 19401940-1959Scrapped 1959
MaksimGor'kiy1941.jpg
Molotov Kirov-class cruiser 19411941-1972Scrapped 1972
Molotov-1.jpg
Kaganovich Kirov-class cruiser 19441944-1960Scrapped 1960
Kaganovich cruiser.jpg
Kalinin Kirov-class cruiser 19531953-1963Scrapped 1963
Soviet cruiser Kaganovich underway, September 1958 (NH 95486).tif
Murmansk Omaha-class cruiser 19441944-1949Scrapped 1949
USS Milwaukee (CL-5) off New York City, circa in August 1943 (19-N-51513).jpg
Tallinn Admiral Hipper-class cruiser 19441944-1960Scrapped 1960
Incomplete Soviet cruiser Tallinn at Leningrad c1949.jpg
Chapayev Chapayev class 19501950-1960Scrapped 1960
Zheleznyakov Chapayev class 19501950-1976Scrapped 1976
Cruiser Zheleznjakov.jpg
Kuybyshev Chapayev class 19501950-1965Scrapped 1965
Chkalov Chapayev class 19501950-1981Scrapped 1981
Kreiser komsomolec.jpg
Frunze Chapayev class 19501950-1960Scrapped 1960
Sverdlov Sverdlov class 19521952-1989Scrapped 1993
Sverdlov at the Coronation Naval Review 1953 IWM A 32576.jpg
Zhdanov Sverdlov class 19521952-1991Scrapped 1991
Zhdanov1983b.jpg
Admiral Ushakov Sverdlov class 19531953-1987Scrapped 1987
AdmiralUshakov1981.jpg
Aleksandr Suvorov Sverdlov class 19531953-1990Scrapped 1990
Soviet Cruiser Aleksandr Suvorov underway in the Philippine Sea during the worldwide Soviet naval exercise (Okean) in April 1970. (48230450476).jpg
Admiral Senyavin Sverdlov class 19541954-1991Scrapped 1991
Dmitry Pozharsky Sverdlov class 19541954-1987Scrapped 1987
Soviet cruiser Dmitry Pozharsky c1974.jpg
Kronstadt Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Tallinn Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Varyag Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Ordzhonikidze Sverdlov class 19521952-1972Scrapped 1972
Irian ships 201.jpg
Aleksandr Nevsky Sverdlov class 19521952-1989Scrapped 1989
AleksandrNevskiy1983a.jpg
Admiral Lazarev Sverdlov class 19521952-1986Scrapped 1986
Admiral Lazarev Light cruiser Project 68-bis.jpg
Shcherbakov Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Dzerzhinsky Sverdlov class 19521952-1989Scrapped 1989
Soviet cruiser Dzerzhinskiy at anchor, in 1971.jpg
Admiral Nakhimov Sverdlov class 19531953-1961Scrapped 1961
Mikhail Kutuzov Sverdlov class 19541954-2000Museum ship at Novorossiysk
Mikhail Kutuzov (cruiser).jpg
Admiral Kornilov Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1957
Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsia Sverdlov class 19541954-1987Scrapped 1987
Molotovsk.jpg
Murmansk Sverdlov class 19551955-1992Ran aground 1992, Scrapped in place 2013
Na postroenii po pervomu sroku...... - panoramio.jpg
Arkhangelsk Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Vladivostok Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Groznyy Kynda class 19621962-1991Scrapped 1991
Cruiser Kynda.jpg
Admiral Fokin Kynda class 19641964-1993Scrapped 1995
Groznyy1985b.jpg
Admiral Golovko Kynda class 19641964-2002Scrapped 2004
Kynda 1990 DN-ST-91-00400mod.jpg
Varyag Kynda class 19651965-1990Scrapped 1990
Varyag1989.jpg
Admiral Zozulya Kresta I class 19671967-1994Scrapped 1995
Vitse-admiralDrozd1985.jpg
Vladivostok Kresta I class 19691969-1991Scrapped 1991
Soviet cruiser Vladivostok and Foxtrot class submarine in Hawaiian waters 1971 (USN 1149090).jpg
Vitse-Admiral Drozd Kresta I class 19681968-1990Sunk 1992
Vitse-admiralDrozd1986a.jpg
Sevastopol Kresta I class 19691969-1989Scrapped 1989
A port view of a Soviet Kresta I class guided missile cruiser off the coast of Naples - DPLA - d103e079beaaf8fdb50235b07f7ecd42.jpeg
Kronstadt Kresta II class 19691969-1991Scrapped 1993
Admiral Isakov Kresta II class 19701970-1993Sunk 1994
AdmiralIsakov&Simferopol'1992severomorsk.jpg
Admiral Nakhimov Kresta II class 19711971-1991Scrapped 1993
Soviet cruiser Admiral Nakhimov 1979.jpg
Admiral Makarov Kresta II class 19721972-1992Scrapped 1994
AdmiralMakarov1985.jpg
Khabarovsk Kresta II class 19731973-1992Scrapped 1994
Soviet cruiser Marshal Voroshilov 1990.jpg
Admiral Oktyabrsky Kresta II class 19731973-1993Scrapped 1993
Soviet cruiser Admiral Oktyabrsky Hormuz 1990 color.jpg
Admiral Isachenkov Kresta II class 19741974-1992Scrapped 1992
Soviet cruiser Admiral Isachenkov underway aerial port quarter view 1985.jpg
Marshal Timoshenko Kresta II class 19751975-1992Scrapped 1994
MarshalTimoshenko1986.jpg
Vasily Chapayev Kresta II class 19761976-1993Scrapped 1993
VasiliyChapaev1983b.jpg
Admiral Yumashev Kresta II class 19771977-1992Scrapped 1994
AdmiralYumashev1982.jpg
Nikolayev Kara class 19711971-1992Scrapped 1994
Nikolaev1986a.jpg
Ochakov Kara class 19731973-2011Scuttled 2014, As of 2023 still laid up awaiting scrapping
Ochakov1982.jpg
Kerch Kara class 19741974-2020Scrapped 2020
Project 1134B Kerch 2009 G1.jpg
Azov Kara class 19751975-1998Scrapped 2000
Azov1988.jpg
Petropavlovsk Kara class 19761976-1992Scrapped 1996
Petropavlovsk1981.jpg
Tashkent Kara class 19771977-1992Scrapped 1994
Tashkent1984.jpg
Vladivostok Kara class 19791979-1994Scrapped 1994
Fotoplenka TsND-32 Vladivostok noiabr' 1982 Krasnyi Vympel i Komety.jpg
Slava Slava class 19821982-2022Sunk 2022
Project 1164 Moskva 2009 G1.jpg
Marshal Ustinov Slava class 19861986–PresentIn Service
Russian cruiser Marshal Ustinov MOD 45164874.jpg
Varyag Slava class 19891989–PresentIn Service
Missile cruiser Varyag in Vladivostok, 2010.jpg
Ukraina Slava class 19901990-PresentLaid up in Ukraine, Incomplete
Ukrayina at Shipyard imeni 61 Kommunara Ingul River Nikolayev 7 December 2013.jpg
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya Slava class Cancelled and disassembled on the way in 1990

Coastal defense ships

NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
Vyborg Väinämöinen class 19291947-1966Scrapped 1966
Vainamoinen 1938.jpg
EK-31 Shimushu class 19381947-1959Recommissioned as dispatch ship PS-25 1948
Recommissioned as repair ship PM-74 1957
Scrapped 1959
Shimushu1942.jpg
EK-47 Ukuru class 19441947-1969Recommissioned as oceanographic ship Nord 1948
Recommissioned as repair ship PM-62 1955
Scrapped 1969
EK-4119451947-1961Used as target ship TsL-41 1948
Recommissioned as oceanographic ship Val 1949
Scrapped 1961
EK-43 Type C 19441947-1964Recommissioned as oceanographic ship Ostrovnoy 1948
Scrapped 1964
EK-45 1947-1969Used as target ship TsL-45 1948
Recommissioned as repair ship PM-63 1955
Scrapped 1969
EK-39 1947-1960Used as target ship TsL-39 1948
Recommissioned as oceanographic ship Sozh 1949
Scrapped 1960
Japanese escort ship CD-79 Scan10051 19470726.JPG
EK-34 1947-1960Used as target ship TsL-34 1948
Recommissioned as oceanographic ship Khersones 1949
Scrapped 1960
EK-40 1947-1958Used as target ship TsL-40 1948
Recommissioned as rescue ship Zhiguli 1949
Scrapped 1958
EK-35 1947-1958Used as target ship TsL-35 1948
Recommissioned as oceanographic ship Siurkum 1949
Scrapped 1958
EK-32 Type D 19441947-1958Used as target ship TsL-63 1954
Recommissioned as repair ship PM-75 1957
Scrapped 1958
EK-42 1947-1959Used as target ship TsL-42 1948
Recommissioned as dispatch ship Abakan 1949
Scrapped 1959
EK-36 1947-1958Recommissioned as dispatch ship Naryn 1954
Scrapped 1958
EK-44 1947-1955Used as target ship TsL-44 1948
Recommissioned as guard ship SKR-49 1954
Ceded to PLA Navy 1955, fate unknown
<<Chi Feng Hao >> Zhong De Ding Xing Hai Fang Jian .png
EK-37 1947-1958Recommissioned as dispatch ship Murgab 1954
Scrapped 1958
EK-46 1947-1960Used as target ship TsL-46 1948
Scrapped 1960
EK-38 1947-1955Used as target ship TsL-38 1948
Recommissioned as dispatch ship Arkhara 1949
Recommissioned as guard ship SKR-48 1954
Ceded to PLA Navy 1955
Scrapped 1987
<<Hai Kuo Tian Kong >> Zhong De 48Hao Hu Wei Jian .png
EK-33 1947-1958Recommissioned as dispatch ship Turgai 1954
Scrapped 1958

Amphibious Assault / BDK, SDK

NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
BDK-65 Saratov Tapir-class 19661966-2022Sunk on 24 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Saratov2007Sevastopol.jpg
BDK-6 Tapir-class 19661966-1992Scrapped 1995
BDK-13 Tapir-class 19671967-1994
BDK-62 Tapir-class 19671967-1997
BDK-66 Sergey Lazo Tapir-class 19681968-1994
BDK-69 Orsk Tapir-class 19681968–presentIn service
USN 1144921 Soviet "Alligator" Class.jpg
BDK-77 Tapir-class 19691969-1994
Donetsky Shakhtyor Tapir-class 19691969-2002
BDK-100 Krasnaya Presnya Tapir-class 19701970-1993Sunk 1995
BDK-104 Ilya Azarov Tapir-class 19711971-2004scrapped 2004
Aleksandr Tortsev Tapir-class 19711971-1994
Pyotr Ilyichev Tapir-class 19721972-1993
Nikolai Vilkov Tapir-class 19741974–presentIn service
BDK Nikolai Vilkov 2014.06.04.JPG
Nikolai Filchenkov Tapir-class 19751975–presentIn service
NikoraiFil'chenkov2007Sevastopol.jpg
Nikolai Golubkov Tapir-class Never completed
(SDK-47) BDK-47 Ropucha-class 19741974-1994
(SDK-48) BDK-48 Ropucha-class 19751975-1994
(SDK-63) BDK-63 Ropucha-class 19751975-1994
(SDK-90) BDK-90 Ropucha-class 19751975-1994
A starboard view of the Soviet Navy Ropucha class landing ship LST 077 underway - DPLA - 6a114bf560b2abce5c89c977bc22ea53.jpg
(SDK-91) BDK-91 Olenegorsky Gornyak Ropucha-class 19761976-brought on stand mod. IIDamaged on 4 August by Ukrainian army.
Bol'shoi desantnyi korabl' proekta 775 <<Olenegorskii gorniak>> 2H1A7688WI.jpg
(SDK-181) BDK-181 Ropucha-class 19761976-1994
(SDK-182) BDK-182 Kondopoga Ropucha-class 19761976-brought on stand mod. IIIn Service with Russia
BDK Kondopoga vo vremia uchenii.png
(SDK-183) BDK-183 Kotlas Ropucha-class 19771977-2005
(SDK-197) BDK-197 Ropucha-class 19771977-1994
Vladivostok DEN' VMF 1982.jpg
(SDK-200) BDK-200 Ropucha-class 19771977-1993
(SDK-55) BDK-55 Aleksandr Otrakovsky Ropucha-class 19781978–PresentIn Service with Russia
BDK-775 Ship 031.JPG
(SDK-119) BDK-119 Ropucha-class 19791979-2018Sunk 2018
Oslyabya Ropucha-class 19811981–PresentIn Service with Russia
BDK-101 <<Osliabia>>.jpg
Admiral Nevelskoy Ropucha-class 19821982–PresentIn Service with Russia
BDK Admiral Nevel'skoi 2014.06.01.JPG
Minsk Ropucha-class 19831983–PresentIn Service with Russia
RFS Minsk 127.jpg
BDK-102 Kaliningrad Ropucha-class 19841984–PresentIn Service with Russia
Kaliningrad2004Cartagena.jpg
Georgiy Pobedonosets Ropucha-class 19851985–PresentIn Service with Russia
BDK Georgii Pobedonosets.jpg
Aleksandr Shabalin Ropucha-class 19851985–PresentIn Service with Russia
Istanbul Large Landing Ship Aleksandr Shabalin (242741001).jpeg
(SDK-64) Tsezar Kunikov Ropucha-class 19861986–PresentIn Service with Russia
Tsezar Kunikov in the Red Sea (2003).jpg
(SDK-46) Novocherkassk Ropucha-class 19871987–PresentIn Service with Russia
BDK Novocherkassk Project 775 2008 G1.jpg
Yamal Ropucha-class 19881988–PresentIn Service with Russia
Project 775 YAMAL 2009 G1.jpg
Azov Ropucha-class 19901990–PresentIn Service with Russia
Project 775M AZOV 2008 G1.jpg
Peresvet Ropucha-class 19911991–PresentIn Service with Russia
Peresvet(2).jpg
Korolyov Ropucha-class 19911991–PresentIn Service with Russia
ShipsSPB2015-01.jpg
Ivan Rogov Ivan Rogov class 19781978-1996
Amphibious Ivan Rogov class.jpg
Aleksandr Nikolayev Ivan Rogov class 19821982-2006Undergoing scrapping as of 2023
Mitrofan Moskalenko Ivan Rogov class 19901990-2006Undergoing scrapping as of 2023
Amphibious landing ship "Mitrofan Moskalenko" in 1994.JPEG

Battlecruisers / RKR

NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
Kirov Kirov class 19741980-1990Laid up awaiting Scrapping
BCGN Kirov 1983.JPG
Frunze Kirov class 19781984-1999Scrapping began in April 2021
Kirov-class battlecruiser.jpg
Kalinin Kirov class 19831988–presentUndergoing refit
BCGN Kalinin 1991.jpg
Yuri Andropov Kirov class 19861998–presentFlagship of the Russian North Fleet
Russian Battle Cruiser Pyotr Velikiy.jpg
Dzerzhinskiy Kirov class Cancelled 1990

Battleships

NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
Arkhangelsk Revenge class 19141916-1949Scrapped 1949
HMS Royal Sovereign FL18403.jpg
Novorossiysk Conte di Cavour class 19101914-1955Sunk 1955
Novorosiysk-1950-Sevastopol-2.jpg
Frunze Gangut class 19091914-1949Scrapped
The Poltava.jpg
Marat Gangut class 19091915-1955Scrapped
Marat1939.jpg
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya Gangut class 19091915-1952Scrapped
Oktyabr'skayaRevolyutsiya1934.jpg
Parizhskaya Kommuna Gangut class 19091914-1956Scrapped
Sevastopol battleship.jpg

Aircraft carriers/Aviation cruisers / TAKR

NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
Moskva Moskva class 19641967-1996Scrapped in Greece 1996
38MoskvaoffMoroccoJan1970.jpg
Leningrad Moskva class 19651969-1991Scrapped in India 1995
DoD-Leningrad-DN-ST-90-07636 50pct.jpg
Kiev Moskva class 1967Never CompletedCancelled 1969
Kiev Kiev class 19701975-1993 Theme park in Tianjin since 1 May 2004.
20040501090106 - Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev.jpg
Minsk Kiev class 19721978-1993Sold to China in 1995; sold again and placed in Naval museum in Jiangsu, China since 2016, severely damaged by fire in 2024
Minsk aircraft carrier.jpg
Novorossiysk Kiev class 19751982-1993Scrapped at Pohang, 1997
Novorossijsk Kiev-class 1986.jpg
Admiral Gorshkov Kiev class 19781987-1996

2013–present

In service with India as INS Vikramaditya from 2013
Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, former Gorshkov.jpg
Admiral Kuznetsov Kuznetsov class 19821991–presentIn service with Russian navy
Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.jpg
Varyag Kuznetsov class 19852012–presentIn service with China as Liaoning
USNWC Varyag02.jpg
Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk class 1988Never CompletedScrapped 1992 40% complete
Ulyanovsk under construction at Nikolayev Shipyard.jpg
Unnamed Ulyanovsk class CancelledCancelled 1991

Submarines

SS/SSK / PL

SSB / PLRB

SSG / PLRK

SSA (auxiliary)

SSN / PLA

SSBN / PLARB

SSGN / PLARK

SSAN (auxiliary)

Other

Missile and munitions transports

Electronic surveillance ships

Oceanographic research ships

Survey ships

See also

Citations

    References