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 2001. 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, construction enterprises (factories, firms) and design firms. The features of projects, design, construction, repairs and upgrades, the most typical accidents and important stages of active service are described. Appearance diagrams, longitudinal sections of all projects and their modifications, and numerous photographs are presented. The directory is published in four volumes: Vol. I. Submarines (in two volumes); T. I. Strike ships (in two volumes); Vol. III. Anti-submarine ships; Vol. IV. Landing and mine-sweeping ships. The appendices to each volume provide the main tactical and technical characteristics of the weapons of ships of the Soviet and Russian Navy: missile, artillery, anti-submarine, radio-technical and aviation.