INS Kochi

The 2nd and 3rd (foreground) Project 15A Kolkata-class destroyer being built at Mazagon Docks Ltd, Mumbai.
Career (India)
Name: Kochi
Operator: Indian Navy
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down: 25 October 2005
Launched: 18 September 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:Kolkata-class destroyer
Displacement:7,500 tons[1][2]
Length:163 m (535 ft)
Beam:17.4 m (57 ft)
Speed:In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar[3]
  • IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar
  • IAI EL/M-2238 L-band STAR surveillance radar
  • BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar
  • BEL Nagin active towed array sonar[4]
  • BEL Electronic Modular Command & Control Applications (EMCCA Mk4) combat management system
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
  • Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II countermeasures systems and defensive aids suite
Armament:Anti-air missiles:

4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32;[5]
Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 70 km (43 mi)[6])

Anti-ship missiles:
2× 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti ship missiles

Guns:
1 × 130 mm gun
4 × AK-630 CIWS

Anti-submarine warfare:
4× Torpedo tubes

2× RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets
Aircraft carried:2x helicopters:

INS Kochi is the second of the Kolkata-class destroyers currently under sea trials for the Indian Navy.

Construction

The keel of Kochi was laid in 25 October 2005. In keeping with the tradition of the Navy, the warship was launched by Madhulika Verma, wife of Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, at 11.20 a.m. 18 September 2009 from the Mazgaon Dock in Mumbai.[7] For the first time, Mazagon Docks used a "pontoon assisted" launching method in collaboration with a Russian firm Baltisky Zavod. Under this method, pontoons are welded to the hull, which give buoyancy and helps overcome tidal constraints. Mazagon plans to use this method for all future ship launches, as the process makes it possible to launch ships with much higher weight.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navy gets its largest destroyer". The Hindu. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Largest destroyer project of Navy hit by delay". Defence Express. 6 Jun 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bharat Electronics Ltd. awards LW08 contract to Thales". Thalesgroup.com. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  4. ↑ "Indian Navy to get four new destroyers". dnaindia.com. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  5. ↑ Som, Vishnu (16 August 2014). "On INS Kolkata, PM is Only Partially Correct". NDTV. Retrieved 8 March 2015. At the moment, she is designed to carry only 32 Barak surface-to-air missiles...
  6. ↑ "Israeli navy equipping warships with new missile system: report". XinhuaNet. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "India launches warship 'INS Kochi'". PTI (Times of India). 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

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