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A contemporary guide to the late Soviet Navy

Norman Polmar's fifth edition records the Soviet Navy near the end of the Cold War and introduces a reading on amphibious ships.

Notes

Norman Polmar's fifth edition of Guide to the Soviet Navy was published in 1991, while the Soviet Navy still existed. It provides a contemporary view of a fleet valued here for its lessons in naval history. Its amphibious-warfare section supplies the next ship examples.