The directory contains information about the ship composition of the USSR Navy as of December 1991. However, it traces the fate of the ships of the Soviet fleet until 2005. Data is provided on warships that were in service, under construction and designed, their names, serial numbers, dates laying, launching, commissioning, decommissioning of the fleet, modernization or re-equipment, enterprises (factories, firms) - builders and design firms. The features of projects, design, construction, repairs and upgrades, the most typical accidents and important stages of active service are described. Exterior diagrams, longitudinal sections of all projects and their modifications, and numerous photographs are presented. The reference book is published in four volumes: Vol. I. Submarines (in two parts); II. Attack ships (in two parts); III. Anti-submarine ships (in two parts) and IV. Landing and mine-sweeping ships (in one part). The appendices to each volume provide the main tactical and technical characteristics of the weapons of the Soviet and Russian Navy: missile, artillery, anti-submarine and aviation. The directory is compiled based on materials from open domestic and foreign press. For the first time, the ship composition of the USSR Navy is presented with the greatest possible completeness. Recommended for anyone interested in the state and development of the domestic fleet.