Soviet fleet development across the period falls into four broad phases. The 1930s and wartime years centred on building and rebuilding a fleet for direct conflict. The late 1940s and earliest 1950s pursued a battle fleet with major surface ambitions. The later 1950s and early 1960s emphasized a more coastal force shaped by submarines, missiles, and Khrushchev's priorities. During the 1960s, Gorshkov began turning that force toward sustained global presence. The sequence organizes the ships, personalities, and institutional pressures discussed throughout the lecture.
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Four fleet phases connect the wartime navy to global presence
The conclusion compresses the period into a war fleet, a postwar battle fleet, a coastal force, and finally the beginnings of a global presence navy.