Voenmorizdat was the State Naval Publishing House of the NKMF (People's Commissariat of the Navy) of the USSR. It was organized in 1938 under the direction of the People's Commissariat of the Navy. The publisher's chief objective was the dissemination of instruction manuals, informational literature, naval-themed books and political ephemera for and about the Soviet Navy. Infrequently, Voenmorizdat issued posters and graphic art materials with naval themes.