Tanelorn's Fleet

These "frigates" were almost light cuiser size. Despite the deployment of aircraft carrier battle groups within the French Navy, there had been little thought of long-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile protection for those groups. Suffren was one of the few French destroyers to be armed with a long-range SAM (Masurca).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffren-class_frigate

I am not in the mood to draw Clemenceu yet. Carriers are boring.
Lafayette frigate in the list.

The US Navy's largest class of frigates by the 80s, the Knox class was primarily oriented towards ASW. Even though these ships are small, they each have a helicopter hangar and can carry a single Sea Sprite LAMPS I chopper. To give the Knox frigates a modest anti-surface capability, the eight-celled ASROC launcher was modified to accept Harpoon SSM's. As is the case with other US frigates of the time, the primary shortcoming of the Knox-class vessels is their slow speed (about 27 knots). During high-speed carrier battle group operations exceeding 30 knots, a Knox frigate would not beable to keep pace with her larger cousins.
Aside from the United States Navy, it served or still serves in the Republic of China Navy (Taiwan), the Egyptian Navy, the Hellenic Navy, the Mexican Navy, the Thai Navy and the Turkish Navy. Sub-classes are the US Hewes class, the Spanish Baleares class and the Taiwanese Chi Yang class.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knox-class_frigate

The Knox was a development of the earlier Garcia class. The Garcia design is very similar to that of the Knox class. The primary mission of these ships is ASW. Unlike the Knox class, however, there has been no modification to these warships to enable them to fire Harpoon SSM's. Ships of this class later served in the navies of Brazil and Pakistan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garcia-class_frigate
The Brooke class was a United States Navy frigate class that was based on the Garcia class.
The Brooke-class frigates were more well-rounded warships than the Knox and Garcia classes, due to the fact that a Standard SM-I MR SAM launcher was placed on board in lieu of a second five-inch gun. Thus, the Brookes were capable of taking their place in the outer screen of a battle group for defense against enemy air and missile attacks. Additionally, these frigates were well-suited for ASW operations. Like other US Navy frigates, however, they were too slow to keep up with carrier battle groups.
Some of them were also given to the Pakistani navy, I am not sue if they actually saw service though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke-class_frigate

Next, USN Sherman Forrest, Farragut/Coontz and updated Charles F. Adams family of destroyer classes.

The Adams family stays in the works, I am not satisfied yet.
Meanhile, some thing far simpler, the Soviet Riga and its clone, the Chinese Type 053 Jianghu class frigates:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga-class_frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_053_frigate
68 and 53 of each class completed, the Rigas were launched in the 50s as roughly analogous to US WWII destroyers. The Jianghu were further updated with SSM missles and widely exported but generally found to be of poor quality. They have since been largely supplanted by the Jiangwei class, an advanced development of the same type. Aside from the Soviet and Chinese navies, the Rigas were used by the Volksmarine, the Bulgarian, Finnish, Egyptian and Indonesian Navies. The Jianghu still serves in the navies of China, Egypt, Thailand, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Nice work! You've got a pretty good collection of modern ships now. Any chance of a compilation png.? Also, I would make one suggestion. Submarine units are usually drawn (and not just by you) too high in the water. The hull of most subs is almost entirely below the waterline when surfaced. I know that makes them harder to distinguish, but it's more realistic. I usually move the blue/white water line up one or even two pixels.

Btw, it's pretty dead around here just now. I hope it picks up.

Thanks Tech. I will do a compilation but I am not really satisfied by some of the older drawings and I want to redo them first. I am doing a Kotlin/Type 051 now but I am running into the same problem as with the new CF Adams.
If I get it to work for one, it will do for the other.
I will take your advice with the subs.
Hey, I am putting my foot down, I am not going anywhere.

The 27 strong Soviet Kotlin (and four Kidlin) class or the PLAN derivate 17 strong Type 051 Luda DDG. The Luda was the PLAN's first blue water vessel and went through numerous uprgades.
One Kotlin was modified and sold to Poland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotlin-class_destroyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_051_destroyer

edit- The unit above is more faithful to the Luda. I modified it into a Kotlin.

The Kotlin was a shortened version of the single Neustrashimy (1950s) class destroyer. The Luda was actually based on the Neustrashimy but copied everything from the Kotlin besides hull dimentions. The Kidlin replaced the Kotlin's guns with more missles but reverted to guns when its missles went obsolete.
The Kotlin seved from the mid 50s to the end of the cold war. The Luda still serves in the PLAN since it entered service in the late 60s.

The single modern Type 051B destroyer is actually an enlarged Type 052 and it is not related to this design. The reason why they use the term "051" is because in the 1980s, when the project coincided with Chinese troops continued disarmament and financial constraints, the project was declared as a 051 modification.

Added the Chapayev and Sverdlov classes to my list.

The final two gun cruiser classes of the Soviet navy. All that remained of Stalin's plan for a blue water navy. Think Cuban missle crisis scenarios.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapayev-class_cruiser
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlov-class_cruiser

An upgunned development of the pre-WWII Kirov class (itself based on the Italian Condottieri class plans) 17 Chapayevs were planned, two were destroyed by the advancing Nazis and only five were completed in 1950. Three were decomissioned in the early 1960s, the remaining two served as training ships up to 1976 and 1981.

An much better armored and improved, radar equipped early 50s development of the Chapayev ,the Sverdlov class was part of Stalins plan to create a big power navy to go against the Brits in the noth Atlantic. The plan was to blockade and starve the UK. The Blackburn Buccaneer was designed to counter the Sverdlov threat. They were to be supported by the Stalingrad-class battlecruisers (now on my list) and aircraft carriers but construction was cancelled by Khrushchev after 14 had been completed. They stayed in service up till the end of the cold war, some converted as command ships. An upgrade was underway. One survives as a museum.

One briefly served Sukarno's Indonesia before Suharto's takeover. Its fate remains a mystery despite what wikipedia says.

Doing the Coontz.

Meanwhile, Sturgeons were the mainstay of the US Navy attack submarine force of the 1970's. Since that time, however, the Los Angeles class replaced them in that role, although Sturgeons were still highly effective submarines, particularly in ASW. They were slightly slower than their Los Angeles cousins. In addition, they were not as deep-diving. (Sturgeons could dive 400 meters; Los Angeles, 450).

I will also do the Permit class SSN and the Soviet subs in semi-submerged state.

Forrest Sherman DD

This is a typical (in fact the first) US Navy destroyer of the 1950's, very similar in design and configuration to US destroyers of the Second World War. With the lessons of this conflict in such recent memory, these destroyers were designed as all gun ASW ships. In contemporary naval operations, this class of destroyers have very little value. Most were assigned to the Naval Reserve Force by the end of the cold war.
18 made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Sherman-class_destroyer

This 10 ship class is alternatively called the Farragut after the lead ship, or the Coontz after first American missle destroyer, 4th in the class. All were updated to Coontz standards later.
The Coontz class dates from the same period as the Charles F. Adams destroyers and is very similar in design and armament. It is interesting to note that the Spruance-class destroyers are much larger than either ofthese two older classes but require far fewer sailors in the crew. Served into the 90s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farragut-class_destroyer_(1958)

This 23 ship class differs fundamentally from the Spruance design, both in appearance and in armament. Although built 15years after the end of the Second World War, the Charles F. Adams class was similar in configuration to a World War Two destroyer. A single Standard SM-I MR SAM battery was built onto these ships, allowing them to participate in long-range carrier battle group defense - even though they are half the size of a Spruance destroyer.
However, their ASW capabilities and endurance characteristics do not come close to matching those of modern US Navy destroyers. Some US ships got Harpoon missle upgrades as a stopgap till the Arleigh Burke replacement was available. Ships of this class were also used by the Australian (Perth class, 3 ships, different armament), West German (Lutjens class, 3 ships, modified sensors/ antennas) and Greek Navies (4 ships +1 for spares, Kimon class). These served into the early 2000s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Adams-class_destroyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth-class_destroyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lütjens-class_destroyer

The Dutch Tromp class AA Frigate (2 ships), nicknamed Kojak because of the radome. In practice they were multipurpose destroyers with high seagoing capabilities and very efficient armament and sensors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromp-class_frigate
Karel Doorman, Wielingen and Hamburg classes on the list.

Dutch Karel Doorman multirole frigate. Eight ships, now evenly split between the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Chile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Doorman-class_frigate

Very nice T.

Thanks G.
A bunch of West German subs.
Type 205: West Germany 11, Denmark 2
The Type 205 was a direct evolution of the Type 201 class with lengthened hull, new machinery and sensors. All out of German service between the 70s and 90s. Stayed in Danish service into the 2000s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_205_submarine
Type 206: West Germany 18, Colombia 2, Israel 3
The Israeli Navy made its entry into the submarine field in the mid-1970's when it purchased three Type 206 Gal boats from West Germany.
These submarines are tiny and have a limited patrol capability. They have also been built in large quantities for the West German Navy, which required small, quiet submarines for use in the restricted waters of the Baltic Sea. The pressure hulls were built out of non-magnetic steel to counter the threat of magnetic mines and make detection with MAD sensors more difficult.The efficiency of these submarines in the more wide-open waters of the Mediterranean, however, has never been truly tested. All retired recently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_206_submarine
Type 207: Norway 15, Denmark 3, Poland 4
The Kobben class (also known as Type 207) is a customized version of the Type 205 submarine. Fifteen vessels of this class were built for Norway in the 1960s. Norwegian and Danish ships been retired or passed on to Poland between the 90s and 2000s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobben-class_submarine
Type 209: Argentina 2, Brazil 4, Chile 2, Colombia 2, Equador 2, Egypt, Greece 8, India 4, Indonesia 5, South Africa 3, South Korea 9, Peru 6, Turkey 14 and Venezuella 2.
This class,is a German diesel submarine design oriented towards use in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea. Not surprisingly, the Greek and Turkish navies were interested in a boat with similar characteristics for use in the restricted waters of the Aegean. Therefore, Greece purchased eight from the West German Navy and Turkey followed soon after. Turkey, with 14 units is the largest user. Interestingly, this is the same class as the San Luis, the Argentine submarine that caused such headaches for the Royal Navy Falklands Task Force.
The Dolphin class built for the Israeli navy are 6 highly modified type 209s
Egypt has two boats under construction plus an option for two more
The Portugese Type 209PN are actually type 214s.
The Shah of Iran had also placed an order for 6 before he was ousted from power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_209_submarine

Toti and Sauro class for Italy, Daphne and Agosta for France coming up.

Daphne class: French (11), Pakistani (4), Portuguese (4), Spanish (4) and South African (3) Navies, all out of service.
Although small, the Daphne submarines were for many years the mainstay of the French Navy's attack submarine force. Their patrol radius is more limited than the Agosta class. They are reportedly very quiet when submerged. A Pakistani Daphne sunk an Indian frigate, btw. I will resize it later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphné-class_submarine
Agosta class: French (4 retired), Pakistani (2 +3B type), Spanish (4,-3 active) and Malaysian (1 ex French) Navies.
This was the French Navy's last diesel submarine design of the cold war. The Agosta class is about two-thirds the size of the Soviet Foxtrot class. The Pakistani -B type is very advanced.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agosta-class_submarine

Toti, 4 subs. All retired.
These were tiny submarines of limited endurance and capability. They are probably most useful in coastal operations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toti-class_submarine
Sauro, 8 subs in 4 batches
The Sauros are small diesel submarines of moderate endurance cap abilities. They are well-suited for Mediterranean operations. For short periods of time, they can travel up to 20 knots while submerged - a relatively fast speed for a diesel boat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauro-class_submarine

Yugo Sava class mini-sub. 2 built.
This is a tiny diesel submarine intended for use in the restricted waters of the Adriatic Sea.
The 3 boats of the Heroj class are very similar to the Savas, but they are slightly smaller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sava-class_submarine
Probably some similar boats (Yugo class) sold to N.Korea (8? 4 transferred to Iran) and Cuba (1?).

But Tanelorn, you've forgotten the most famous and tenacious ship to set sail during the Cold War - the SS Minow. It was so efficient, it only needed a crew of two, and had enough and supplies extra for five VIP's. Unfortunately, it vanished in a storm in the South Pacific on a three-hour tour...

That's really old.

-edit- but I can do it.

The Romanian Tetal I class ASW corvette. Broadly comparable to a Soviet Koni frigate, it is slow (24 knots) and lacks any guided missles though. Four were built, followed by two more of the improved Tetal II (helipad, still no hangar).