Soviet Navy Fleet + Aircraft DealVoyenno morskoy flot SSSR (VMF) i. e. The Military Maritime Fleet of the USSR, or the Red Fleet for short. The Russian Armed forces of WWII are an interesting blend of extraordinary innovation and technical achievement, and extraordinary inexperience and foolish management of its huge forces. Russia had plenty of small ships and boats for both offensive and defensive purposes. These small ships and boats came in many shapes and sizes. A common class,