Category: Coldwar Ships
US Navy Cold War Frigates
Cold War USN Frigates 150 Frigates 1955-1990 Introduction: Postwar USN ASW Policy The entire array of destroyers and escort destroyers…
Type 053H Jianghu class Frigates (1974)
Chinese PLAN (1974-96) – 18 ships The Type 053 was the staple of Chinese PLAN late cold war frigates. The…
Type 033 class submarines (1963)
The Chinese “Romeo” Chinese PLAN (1963-84) – 2+84 boats: 126, 140, 142, 143, 153, 172, 176, 208-2012, 227-229, 245, 248,…
Type 03 class submarines (1956)
Type 03, the Chinese “Whiskey” Chinese PLAN (1956-63) – 21(+5) boats The famous NATO codename was given to the most…
Type 053K Jiangdong class frigates
Chinese PLAN (1973) 2 ships The Type 053 frigates (NATO Jianghu, Jiangwei and Jiangdong) formed the backbone of Chinese PLAN…
A-90 Orlyonok
A-90 Orlyonok 5 Ekranoplanes (1972-79) Landing tanks on a beach at 400 kph: The A-90 Orlyonok series are the only…
Type 065 Jiangnan class frigates
Chinese PLAN (1965) – Haikou, Dongchuan, Nanchong, Shimonoseki Based on the “Riga” The previous Chengdu class frigates (type 065) were…
Type 052 Luhu Class Destroyers
Chinese PLAN (1991) – 2 ships: Harbin, Qingdao Chinese transition destroyers: The Luhu clas destroyers constituted in 1993 a significant…
Type 065 Chengdu class frigates
Chinese PLAN (1955) – Chengdu, Guiyang, Gulin, Kunming The Green Tea “Riga” The 1956′ Chengdu class can be summup as…
Riga class Frigates (1952)
Project 50 Gornostay Storozhevoi Korabl 68 ASW frigates (1949-55) In four years, the Nikolayev, Komsomol and Kaliningrad shipyards delivered 68…
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