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HMS Victorious (cold war)

Fleet Aircraft Carrier 1939-1969: WW2 Veteran HMS Victorious, last of the 1936 carrier program, was the only armoured carrier of…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships soviet submarines

Hotel class submarines (1959)

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,…

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USS Truxtun (1963)

Nuclear-Powered Guided Missile Cruiser (CGN-35) 1967-1995. USS Truxtun was a nuclear-powered single-ended guided-missile cruiser (all aft) as she was a…

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Slava class cruisers (1979-90)

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…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships soviet submarines

Foxtrot class submarines (1957)

Project 641 (NATO “FOXTROT”) conventional attack submarines 58 (75 with other countries) submarines (1957-2014), B-series (random numbers). Development To replace…

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Soviet Missile Corvettes

250 Corvettes: Poti, Nanuchka, Tarantul, Pauk Introduction Corvettes are, yesterday like now, small warships designed for coastal defense or escort…

Posted in cold war us navy us submarines

Skate class SSN (1957)

Nuclear Attack Submarines: USS Skate, Swordfish, Sargo, Seadragon SSN-578, 579, 583, 584. 1957-1995. The first USN SSN class The Skate…

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HMAS Melbourne (R21)

RAN Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier (R21), ex-HMS Majestic (1942-82) Australia Day ! HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft…

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Golf class submarines (1957)

Project 629 (NATO “GOLF”) conventional ballistic missile submarines 23 submarines, Projects 629, 629B, 629A, 601, 605, 619, 629R, 6631/031 (1956-1990)…

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Belknap class Cruisers (1963)

9 cruisers (1964-1995): Belknap, J. Daniels, Wainwright, Jouett, Horne, Sterett, William Standley, Fox, Biddle (DLG-26 to 34). The Belknap class…